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The Virginians
by THACKERAY, W. M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1920. Very Good. n.d. [c. 1920s] 16mo, pp. viii, 890, [6 catalogue] + b/w preface and illustrations by Harold Piffard. Burgundy cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind ruling to boards. Plum endpapers. Gentle bruising and rubbing to extremities, top edge dusty. POI to recto of frontis, else clean and tidy. In original colour dust jacket (with advertisement to rear panel and List of Titles to reverse): spine sunned, lightly soiled and rubbed, chipping to spine ends and corners, a few short closed tears. Very good/ good+. Unusual in the original dust jacket. Collins' Illustrated Pocket Classics, no. 83.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1521
- Title
- The Virginians
- Author
- THACKERAY, W. M
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London & Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1920
Terms of Sale
Quair Books
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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