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The Works Of Robert Louis Stevenson: Vailima Edition Vol. II
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann, 1922. Hardcover. Good. 1922. No edition remarks. 608 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. No. 399 from 1060 limited copies. Containsblack and white photographic plate as frontispiece. Uncut edges. Gilt upper text block edge. Pages remain bright and clear throughout. Moderate tanning and mild foxing to endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild sunning to board edges. Moderate scratching and marking to boards. Small dents to board edges. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to tail. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690361912ALK
- Title
- The Works Of Robert Louis Stevenson: Vailima Edition Vol. II
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1922
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....