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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and Son
by George Meredith
- Used
- poor
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
Plano, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Red leather limp bound edition of Meredith's novel. Gilt on spine, cover, and top text block.
Inscription by former owner on FFEP dated 1924.
Front cover is completely torn off book (see pictures). Also wear on spine and back cover. Text block is shaken near front but not loose; all pages appear intact. Some staining on text and writing on RFEP.
Inscription by former owner on FFEP dated 1924.
Front cover is completely torn off book (see pictures). Also wear on spine and back cover. Text block is shaken near front but not loose; all pages appear intact. Some staining on text and writing on RFEP.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G5
- Title
- The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
- Author
- George Meredith
- Format/Binding
- Leather limp bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- rev. ed.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- meredith, feverel
- Bookseller catalogs
- PWK Novels; Works of George Meredith;
Terms of Sale
PWK Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PWK Books
Biblio member since 2020
Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
Independent seller of antiquarian books. Prices as listed. PWK Books sells exclusively through Biblio.
Will be closed December 15-January 1.
Will be closed December 15-January 1.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Limp Bound
- A book bound in a flexible leather or cloth. The covering material is not affixed to boards, as are traditional hardcover books....
- 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...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
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