London: Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited . Original Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Feller, Frank . 307pp. A lovely copy of this book. No date, though a purple name inscription to the half title page is dated 1914.Gilt embossed vignette and lettering to the front board and spine. Light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine and to the lower edges of the boards. Slight soil marks to the boards. All edges gilt. Illustrated with several full page plates, including a frontispiece. A few nicks to the top edge of one of the illustrative plates, with some associated creasing to the edge, in no way affecting the illustration. Otherwise the book is clean, and tight. A charming, very good copy.

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Bookseller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 207896
Title: Paid in Gold : a Tale of Treasure
Author: Senior, Bertie
Illustrator: Feller, Frank
Format/Binding: Original Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited
Place of Publication: London
Size: 12mo - over 6Â¾&quo
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Tail: The heel of the spine.
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...
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...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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....
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...