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NO NAME
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Redmond, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good-. A Very Good early edition - with date on copyright page - no other dates. Illustrated with several steel plates. No jacket. Olive green binding has light extremity soiling and wear, Crown and foot of spine cloth gently bumped. Interior pages are clean, no writings/marks, only 1/4" stain at lower corner margin, that runs through nearly all of page tips. Does not impact text at all. After the title page there is a facsimile of authors handwritten 'dedication to the American People' of this edition. Rear inside cover has paper just starting to pull away from gutter area - but a very tight text block.
Synopsis
No Name is a 19th-century novel by the master of sensation fiction, Wilkie Collins. A country gentleman is killed in an accident and his wife dies shortly after him. The blow is double for their daughters, who discover that they were born before their parents were married. Their sudden illegitimacy robs them of their inheritance and their accustomed place in society.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Margins13 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005396
- Title
- NO NAME
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Date Published
- 1873
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics; novel; fiction; mystery;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Margins13 Books
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Redmond, Washington
About Margins13 Books
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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