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The Worm Ouroboros
by Eddison, E.R. and Keith Henderson(Illustrator)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
First Printing. In black cloth with illustration to front board with gilt that has faded. Gilt to type on faded spine rubbed off. Publisher's colophon blindstamped to rear cover. Spots rubbed through at corners with bump to bottom rear. Several spots each rubbed through to head and heel of spine with some chips and short tears. Small puncture to bottom of rear spine gutter and dent to spine. Some marks/spots to cloth of boards. Beautifully illustrated endpapers with period bookplate to front pastedown. A few chips to edges of ffep. Previous owner's name to page following ffep and some minimal splitting to top of front hinge at half-title page, but still solid. Rear hinge a little shaken with some splitting to top third at endpapers. Text block fairly clean with some tanning and some faint spots to page ends. In brand new high quality facsimile jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008435EE
- Title
- The Worm Ouroboros
- Author
- Eddison, E.R. and Keith Henderson(Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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