The Gold Bug
by Edgar Allan Poe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Thomas Y. Crowell. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo in 1/4 green cloth on patterned paper, title and decorations on the front board in white and gilt, patterned endsheets, untrimmed, partly unopened. Very modest shelf wear, cover decorations bright and fresh. The glassine dustjacket is whole, but has several tears to the rear panel, now repaired with cello tape verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 298757
- Title
- The Gold Bug
- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
Terms of Sale
Dunaway Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs after delivery if an item arrives not as described or damaged.
About the Seller
Dunaway Books
Biblio member since 2011
Saint Louis, Missouri
About Dunaway Books
Dunaway Books is an absolutely necessary stop for the bibliophile on the Grand South Grand strip. Housed within an airy, spacious former gallery, we carry an unparalleled selection of fine used, out of print and rare volumes. Upon stepping into our store, you will find aisle after aisle of scrupulously collected books treating a broad variety of subjects in depth. We keep new small-press titles by local authors or about local subjects, children's books and shelves of CDs for music lovers. There is something here for everyone. Whether you have a few hours or just a few minutes to while away, Dunaway Books is designed to be an intellectually and creatively stimulating place for the scholar, the collector, and the good old-fashioned voracious reader.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...