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Allie; Or Into the Light
by E E H
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh & London, UK: Gall & Inglis, 1877. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Cameron, Katharine. [1877] First edition, first printing. 226pp, frontispiece and four further full page monochrome illustrations. In original blue cloth-covered boards with decorations and gilt motif on front panel and gilt lettering on spine. Bevelled edges, All edges gilt. Elegant page decorations. 16mo. Boards worn, rubbed around edges, rounded on corners. Front hinge and first gutter cracked, making volume a little loose. Prize presentation plate, dated 1880, on front free endpaper. Heavily spotted, especially on endpapers and prelims. Slightly bowed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018506
- Title
- Allie; Or Into the Light
- Author
- E E H
- Illustrator
- Cameron, Katharine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Gall & Inglis
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh & London, UK
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, Vintage Books, Children's Books
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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