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Across the Plains with other Memories and Essays
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant decorated cloth edition of Stevenson's memoir of his immigrant experiences in America describing his arrival in New York and his journey to San Francisco. Green cloth with gilt to spine and blind-stamping to cover. Decorated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Hinges reinforced. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Rubbing and fraying to top and tail of spine. Occasional pencil underlining within. Binding sound. Good.
Synopsis
Leaves from the notebook of an emigrant between New York and San Fancisco
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005213
- Title
- Across the Plains with other Memories and Essays
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- attractive_bindings, travel, travelogue, usa, biography
Terms of Sale
AJ Scruffles
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
Biblio member since 2010
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
About AJ Scruffles
AJ Scruffles is an online bookseller, based between Epping and Harlow. Our website also hosts an online magazine with reviews, articles and humour
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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"...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- 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...
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