Varied Types;
by Chesterton, G. K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Selkirk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, Dodd, Mead and Co, 1903;. 1st edition. Hardback. Good/ No dust jacket. 269pp with Portrait frontis. Lacks ffep, internal hinges cracked ( tape repaired). Foredge untrimmed. Burgundy covers with bright gilt title on front & on sunned spine. Wear at spine extremities. Top edge gilt. Internally clean and tight. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wheen O'Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20497
- Title
- Varied Types;
- Author
- Chesterton, G. K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Dodd, Mead and Co, 1903;
- Keywords
- fiction fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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