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William Tell Told Again
by P G Wodehouse
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
UK: A and C Black, 1904. First Edition . Cloth. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Philip Dadd. 1st Edition 1904. 3rd state according to the bibliography.(A5a3) Two pages of adverts.The book is average but quite bright. Front endpaper missing. Page signatures repaired and glued to the reverse of the spine. Nice tight text block. Pages edges/signatures a little un-even. Cloth lightly rubbed and soiled in places. Coloured blocking and gilt work dull in places. Edges rubbed in places. Contents average with usage, general marks and thumbing to pages. Some pages quite marked.Plates and tissues guards all present. Some tissue guards with small loss, soiling/foxing and nicks. Plates a bit marked and rubbed. One plate quite worn to top edge.Not a great example but shows quite well. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14856
Synopsis
Once upon a time, more years ago than anybody can remember, before the...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lasting Words Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018645
- Title
- William Tell Told Again
- Author
- P G Wodehouse
- Illustrator
- Philip Dadd
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A and C Black
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lasting Words Ltd
Biblio member since 2019
Northampton, Northamptonshire
About Lasting Words Ltd
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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