Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Vol. Three
by Parker, H. (ed. & trans.)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Dehiwala, Ceylon: Tisara Prakasakayo, 1973 Paperback. Good/Good. Octavo. Volume Three only. 445 pages with index. Reprint of work first published in 1910. Creased and cocked spine; front cover rubbed; light soiling on top edge; upper corner lightly bumped. Some soiling and scuffing to jacket; a fews small tears on jacket edges. Text is clean and binding is tight..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 997192
- Title
- Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Vol. Three
- Author
- Parker, H. (ed. & trans.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dehiwala, Ceylon: Tisara Prakasakayo, 1973
- Keywords
- CEYLON, SRI LANKA, FOLKLORE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...