The Inquisitor

Bookseller

Bluestocking Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

6428

Title

The Inquisitor

Author

Walpole, Hugh

Book Condition

Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Cloth; MacMillan & Co; 1935

Binding

Hardcover

Place of Publication

London

Bookseller catalogs

Fiction;

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

G

Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...

Rubbing

Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.

Chipping

A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

Cloth

"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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...