Bristol: J W Arrowsmith, 1903. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 359pp. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, The spine is somewhat sunned and stained, and the endpapers are foxed. Nonetheless, the contents are clean and tightly bound, and this is suitable as a resading copy. Overall a fair copy that is better insids than out.

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Bookseller: Cornell Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 39564
Title: Two Sides of the Face; Midwinter Tales.
Author: A T Quiller-Couch [Q]:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bristol: J W Arrowsmith, 1903.

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We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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