GENIUS LOCI AND OTHER TALES
by Smith, Clark Ashton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 085435381X
- ISBN 13
- 9780854353811
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Neville Spearman, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Textured blue paper over boards with gilt particulars to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are clean, with light wear to head and tail of spine. Corners are bumped. Text block is clean. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket, designed by Tom Simmonds, is clean with light rubbing to extremeties. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55276
- Title
- GENIUS LOCI AND OTHER TALES
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 085435381X
- ISBN 13
- 9780854353811
- Publisher
- Neville Spearman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.