The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales
by Doyle Arthur Conan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1890. 315pp + 16ads. Grey/green bds. Titles in gilt to spine and spine. Spine colour browning. Slight fading in patches to bds. Corners and spine ends bumped. Spine ends nicked and torn. 1cm tear to spine/front joint at top LHS.Decorated endpapers, both sets broken at joint. Slight foxing. Nick to fly leaf, piece attached to top of 1/2 title. This fault persists in places throughout - were the pages were cut wrong and split later.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Antiquarian.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harry Righton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000419
- Title
- The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales
- Author
- Doyle Arthur Conan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
Terms of Sale
Harry Righton
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About the Seller
Harry Righton
Biblio member since 2003
Evesham, Worcestershire
About Harry Righton
Diana Righton has been an established family business for the past thirty years (James Place Books for the first 18 years). We have a large stock in the region of 100,000 books, of which only 9,000 are on the net. Please feel free to ask if you have any wants.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...