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The Black Opal: A Romance of Thrilling Adventure
by Fenton Ash
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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About This Item
London: John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., No Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Early printing. Octavo, original dark blue cloth designed and lettered in black. 320 pp. Frontispiece and three plates in colour are seperated from binding. Missing front verso title page, spine panel is worst condition as photographed, bumped and worn edges, some foxing inside pages, shaken, a good copy. ¶ Lost race adventure novel, a medieval kingdom in the Sargasso Sea
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rendezvous Books & Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Adv1-06
- Title
- The Black Opal
- Author
- Fenton Ash
- Format/Binding
- Pale faded blue, black decoration
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. F. Shaw & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 320
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The Black Opal
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectible Literature; Adventure stories; Lost Race Collectible;
Terms of Sale
Rendezvous Books & Art
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Rendezvous Books & Art
Biblio member since 2017
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
About Rendezvous Books & Art
A small family online store specializing in Historical Americana, History, Pulps, Science Fiction, Vintage hardcovers and paperbacks, Collectibles.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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