TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS AT RUGBY
by Hughes, Thomas (By An Old Boy)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1860. 405 pp. 16 pp of advertised books for sale at conclusion of text. Brown cloth covers with faded gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, significant scuffing and fading to cover faces, joints are worn, some soiling spots, spine is creased, spine ends are missing and there is fraying/tears. Loose hinges. Previous owner's bookplate and writing on front inside cover. Newspaper clipping discussing author's relationship to the character in the story adhered on second free endpaper with pencil note "Dec 1912" across it. Interior pages are rippled, water stain to edges, foxing spots, tanned. Book in Good- to Good condition.. Author's Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7 1/4. Fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007449
- Title
- TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS AT RUGBY
- Author
- Hughes, Thomas (By An Old Boy)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Author's Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor And Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- Fiction, Sports, Rugby, Famous Author
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Famous Authors; Sports;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7 1/4
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
Biblio member since 2010
Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
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- 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....
- Edges
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- 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...
- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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