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Jess.
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Miller Place, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: J. S. Ogilvie & Company, 57 Rose Street, [no date] c.1880s. Maroon cloth boards, black decorated cover and spine, gilt titling on spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Classic Haggard, ""The day had been very hot even for the Transvaal..."" Scarce ""Favorite Edition."" Whole and complete, but has not aged well. Foredge nibbled, other general wear to covers. Owner's information inked on ffep, dated 1888. Floral endpapers. Pages toned, somewhat stiff, binding fragile. Museum library on title page. Advertisements. Rear hinge cracking.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monkey House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3197
- Title
- Jess.
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Format/Binding
- Maroon cloth boards, black decorated cover and spine, gilt titling on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. S. Ogilvie & Company, 57 Rose Street
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [no date] c.1880s
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Frank McDonald
Terms of Sale
Monkey House Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Monkey House Books
Biblio member since 2010
Miller Place, New York
About Monkey House Books
Monkey House Books is a mail order, used book dealer located on New York's Long Island. We offer quality used books in a variety of categories at reasonable prices. A home-based business managed by a lifelong bibliophile, Monkey House offers personalized assistance and friendly customer service. For the holidays, or anytime, we provide gift wrapping and recipient shipping upon request. We ship within 24 hours of receiving payment, and packages are wrapped and boxed using recycled/reused materials.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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