Adam Grainger: and other stories
by Mrs Henry Wood
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Wellington, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Richard Bentley & Sons, 1890. First edition. 1/2 cloth. Good. 467 pp. Half leather with gilt motif to front monogram to front: "Athenaeum Oteropo". Leather spine with 5 raised bands. Small paper label to spine. Very faint trace of gilt Green cloth. Gilt decoration. Rubbing to the leather. Light foxing to a few pages. Front board a bit loose. A few pinholes to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 810
- Title
- Adam Grainger
- Author
- Mrs Henry Wood
- Format/Binding
- 1/2 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
Terms of Sale
The Last Word
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About the Seller
The Last Word
Biblio member since 2009
Wellington
About The Last Word
Dealer in good quality books. Especially Man Booker Prize winners - signed first editions, vintage childrens\\\' books and important New Zealand books such as those by Janet Frame. Prices are not set in stone - contact me if you want to haggle or submit a reasonable offer.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...