On the Art of Reading
by Quiller-Couch, A
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1921. Reprint in the original format, 8vo, 237pp, black cloth lettered and decorated gilt to spine; previous owner's university prize certificate to fr pastedown, and the cloth has bubbled and lifted in a patch to the bottom part of upper board which is both a mystery and a shame since this is otherwise a well-preserved example; G Copy (because of the bubbling), no DJ. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Lucas Booksellers (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10244
- Title
- On the Art of Reading
- Author
- Quiller-Couch, A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Essays, Literary Criticism, Reading
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism; Essays;
Terms of Sale
Roger Lucas Booksellers
It has always been our policy over 25 years to offer decent books in good shape at sane prices. In the unlikely eventuality that something is not as described return within 7 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Roger Lucas Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
About Roger Lucas Booksellers
We are a family-based firm of general, out-of-print booksellers with strongish suits in Literature and Literary Criticism, Art & Art History, and New Age Subjects. Horncastle is a small market town at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds about 20 miles East of Lincoln.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...