Edinburgh: William Paterson. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1885. Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt print on spine, top edge gilt and untrimmed fore edges. Light wear, corners lightly bumped. This is a very attractive volume with good quality paper, having only light yellowing. Hinges cracked but solid. Undated - circa 1880's (second preface dated 1883). In this story Holmes demonstrates his opposition to the concept of that 'an individual can be held morally responsible for an inherited flaw. ' (Benet) .

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Bookseller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2934
Title: ELSIE VENNER A ROMANCE OF DESTINY
Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: William Paterson
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Date Published: 1885
Keywords: FICTION
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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...