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Jess
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. carmine cloth with front cover lettered and decorated in black. Gilt lettered spine faded. Very good
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. carmine cloth with front cover lettered and decorated in black. Gilt lettered spine faded. Very good. 336 pages. 8vo, 19 x 12 cm, with eight pages of adverts at rear unopened. Text clean, partly unopened. 2000 copies printed. SCOTT 6. WHATMORE F5. WOLFF 2861. With cream endpapers in floral motiff printed in a blue/gray. Backstrip chipped at backstrip foot and rubbed at head, slight darkening or age soiling to portions of covers. First editions in fine condition are rare; overall, this copy is firm, and tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15390
- Title
- Jess
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. carmine cloth with front cover lettered and decorated in black. Gilt lettered spine faded. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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