The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson: St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (Volume 21)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1901 Charles Scribner's Sons. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Spine has gold thistle flower pattern in three sections; front cover has gold ruled border. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Black & white frontispiece by T. de Thulstrup has tissue guard. Binding partially cracked after second fly leaf, but still strong. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine slightly faded. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Light moisture stain in the middle gutter area of some pages. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 485 pages. No dust jacket. Cover title: "The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson" Half-title page indicates this is Vol. XXI. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. See our listings for other volumes from this set.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8239
- Title
- The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson: St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (Volume 21)
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Fiction,Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Literature;
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Spine
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...