When the World Shook
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1919. Red cloth blindstamped on front panel with title, author, and design pattern. Gold lettering on spine. Slight soiling to fore-edge pages. First edition, 2nd printing one month after first printing. Very small abrasion to rear board at gutter but less than 1/4". Red cloth still bright and fresh after 88 years. Tight and square, an attractive copy. . First American Edition. Cloth. Vg Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003373
- Title
- When the World Shook
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.