The Spy. A Tale of the Neutral Ground
by Cooper, James Fenimore
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, 1922. Hardcover. No date, c. 1922. 8vo. 437 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with a mounted colour illustration and gilt decorations to the front board, with titling in gilt to the front board and spine. Spine a little darkened and rear board a bit scuffed, with light rubbing to the cloth at the spine ends. The front endpaper is pasted to the paste-down, but very clean and tidy, the contents clean and the binding tight and square. With 6 colour illustrations. Nice clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6595
- Title
- The Spy. A Tale of the Neutral Ground
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1922
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.