The Book Hunter
by BURTON, John Hill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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CHELTENHAM, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. Octavo, viii+428 pages, original boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine, gilt top edge, untrimmed edges, lightly foxed, a very good copy
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grant's Bookshop (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29226
- Title
- The Book Hunter
- Author
- BURTON, John Hill
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900
Terms of Sale
Grant's Bookshop
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
Grant's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2023
CHELTENHAM, Victoria
About Grant's Bookshop
A very large second-hand bookshop with approximately 200,000 items in stock
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...