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William Carey
by S. Pearce Carey
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
-
Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$29.50NZ$22.12
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About This Item
William Carey by S. Pearce Carey
Hardback, 1923 (year unstated but preface dates from 30 July 1923), believed to be first edition, illustrated, published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 428 pages + xvi.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 5/8" by 5 7/8" by 1 3/4". No dust jacket. Royal blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped corners. Some slackness to binding, a little cracking to front inner hinge and hinges generally worn but contents of book reasonably firm. Loose plate between pages 136 and 137. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Marking to endpapers, the odd bit of foxing and extensive pencil underlining and marginalia throughout. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-496
- Title
- William Carey
- Author
- S. Pearce Carey
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Pages
- 428+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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
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- Jacket
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
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