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THE LIFE OF SPACE
by Maurice Maeterlink
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Great Britain: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good -. First UK Edition. Forest green cloth over boards with gilt particulars to spine. Writing in pencil to page 92; light scattered foxing to margins throughout. Text block is soiled and foxed. Boards have rubbing to edges, corners and ends of spine; soiling to rear board near lower edge; corners and ends of spine bumped. Endpapers are foxed; previous owner's sticker to lower edge of front pastedown; writing in pen to first free end paper and rear pastedown. Binding is tight, spine is cocked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64484
- Title
- THE LIFE OF SPACE
- Author
- Maurice Maeterlink
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Metaphysical
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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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