The Tenth Island
by Beckles Willson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Grant Richards, 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897. No Edition Stated. 208 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with black lettering. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Some pages loose but not detached. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Moderate wear to spine, cover edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and board edges, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean. Dewy code to spine.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1701067138BAB
- Title
- The Tenth Island
- Author
- Beckles Willson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grant Richards
- Date Published
- 1897
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....