The Ebb Tide: A Trio and Quartette
by Stevenson, Robert Louis and Lloyd Osbourne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann, 1894. Hardcover. 8vo size, 237,20(publisher's list)pp, original cloth boards title on spine and title , authors' names and maritime illustration blocked black on upper cover, spine cocked, slightly shaken but binding sound, a few small spots on early and later leaves but overall text clean, private ex libris label on front free end paper, spine slightly dull and slightly frayed top and bottom, overall very good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crouch Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8889
- Title
- The Ebb Tide: A Trio and Quartette
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis and Lloyd Osbourne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
Crouch Rare Books
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About the Seller
Crouch Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Godalming, Surrey
About Crouch Rare Books
Out-of-print and antiquarian books and maps
Established 1970
Established 1970
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...