Demeter's Daughter
by Phillpotts, Eden
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Philippolis, South Africa
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About This Item
London: Methuen, 1911. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good. Publisher's red boards with gilt titling to spine. Boards faded (and rubbed) and spine even more so. Scuffing to outer edge of upper board and top of spine rubbed. Two small blemishes to upper board and top edge sunned. Number pencilled to ffep. Crack betw front paste-down and ffep not affecting hinge. Prev owner's name to title page. 344 + 31pp ads. 2cm tear to first page of ads (dated October 1910). Pages rough-cut. Binding good. Very respectable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Snookerybooks (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000466
- Title
- Demeter's Daughter
- Author
- Phillpotts, Eden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...