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The Young Ranchmen; or, Perils of Pioneering in the Wild West
by KENYON, Charles R.; STACEY, Walter S. (illustrator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1891. Good. [1891?] 8vo (19cm), pp. 282, 32 catalogue + b/w frontispiece (with tissue guard), illustrations and plates. Bright, green pictorial cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and upper board. All edges gilt. Spine cocked, wear to edges. Feps neatly excised. Upper hinge cracked, gatherings shaken, but still a robust copy. Occasional spotting, else internally well-preserved. The 6s. presentation binding.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 719
- Title
- The Young Ranchmen; or, Perils of Pioneering in the Wild West
- Author
- KENYON, Charles R.; STACEY, Walter S. (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. & R. Chambers, Limited
- Date Published
- 1891
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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