Adventures Among Books
by Land, Andrew
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green 1905. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 312pp. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. A very tight, fresh volume with bright gilt. A tiny pencil lead thin bubble on lower board and offsetting to ffep and last page, else fine. With the minor flaws noted, this is still a very attractive, near fine volume and quite scarce in such excellent condition..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04326
- Title
- Adventures Among Books
- Author
- Land, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green 1905.
- Keywords
- LANG, ANDREW LITERATURE, HISTORY, CRITICISM, LITERARY, LETTERS, BELLE LETTRES, BOOKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, CRITIC, BRITISH, HISTORICAL, TALES, CHILDREN, CHILDREN'S, ILLUSTRATED, NOVEL, STORIES, STORY, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Brillig Books
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- 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...
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