Vathek: An Arabian Tale: With A Memoir of the Author, and Notes Critical and Explanatory
by Beckford, William Esq
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1854. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. [1], 180 pages, 24 page publisher catalog. Red cloth hardcover ruled in blind on the covers. Gilt title on the spine. Cloth is chipped head of the spine. Soil on the front cover. Slight lean to the binding. Light toning to the text. Binding is a bit shaken with small cracks to the gutters but no loose pages. A fair or better copy.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27736
- Title
- Vathek: An Arabian Tale
- Author
- Beckford, William Esq
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Carey Baird
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1854
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Americana Books ABAA
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
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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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....