Tales of the Unexpected
by Wells, H.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1926. Octavo, original blue cloth boards with black rule and black titles, Collins colophon on spine, pp 280 plus 8 pp publisher's ads. Top edge of front free end paper has area cut out. Foxing, mainly to preliminary and last few pages. Corners rubbed. Page preceding title page is list of new books for 1926, A scarce early printing. Uncommon collection of HG Wells stories.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 98195
- Title
- Tales of the Unexpected
- Author
- Wells, H.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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....
- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...