Allan Quatermain Being An Account Of His Further Adventures And Discoveries In Company With Sir Henry Curtis Bart.,Commander John Good, R. N. And One Umslopogaas
by Haggard, H. Rider.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Carlisle, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green, London, 1887 (1st edition). viii + 278pp + 2p ads + 20 b/w illus. Cloth boards, little scuffed. Corners and head and tail of spine little frayed. Spine little faded and cocked. Name on half title. Top edge of pages dusty. Foreedge and outer pages little foxed. 19x14cms.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jane & John Kinnaird (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1652
- Title
- Allan Quatermain Being An Account Of His Further Adventures And Discoveries In Company With Sir Henry Curtis Bart.,Commander John Good, R. N. And One Umslopogaas
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, London, 1887 (1st edition).
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1st Edition;
Terms of Sale
Jane & John Kinnaird
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About the Seller
Jane & John Kinnaird
Biblio member since 2006
Carlisle
About Jane & John Kinnaird
Keswick Bookshop: We have a bookshop in Keswick in the English Lake District with antiquarian and secondhand books on most subjects and a selection of maps and prints.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.