The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson (Volumes I and II)
by Balfour, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0403001439
- ISBN 13
- 9780403001439
- Seller
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Wheatfield, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribners. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. 0403001439 . Two volume set. Red cloth with top edge gilt. TEG. PO name and gift inscription in ink on front end papers in ink bookplate tipped onto fep of volume two. Some shelfwear and rubbing to corners and edges of boards. ISBN from later edition provided for this listing. Collectible.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- A Good Read
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11265
- Title
- The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson (Volumes I and II)
- Author
- Balfour, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0403001439
- ISBN 13
- 9780403001439
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- 0403001439, STEVENSON, ROBERT, LOUIS, 1850, 1894
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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