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The Mysteries of Modern London
by George R. Sims
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: C. Arthur Pearson. 1st printing (1906). 192pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt titles to cover and spine. G+ copy, binding square and tight, corners gently bumped, gilt cover titles bright, spine a little dulled, cloth frayed with small split at head of spine, starting to crack at rear hinge, ffep corner chipped, otherwise internally very good, tissue-guard at frontis, no jacket . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1906.
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- Bookseller
- Object Relations, IOBA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023249
- Title
- The Mysteries of Modern London
- Author
- George R. Sims
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- C. Arthur Pearson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Pages
- 192
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Counterculture;
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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