Raffles
by E. W. Hornung
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Eveleigh Nash, 1911. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1911. Fifth Impression. 368 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages with endpapers missing and pen inscriptions to half title page. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible edge wear, ink marks and rubbing. Moderate bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.
Synopsis
E. W. Hornung (1866-1921) created Raffles the gentleman burglar, hero of The Amateur Cracksman (1899) and Mr. Justice Raffles (1909) and wrote many other adventure stories published in magazines and in book form. He married Arthur Conan Doyle's sister Constance, traveled widely, and played cricket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1654695743IEV
- Title
- Raffles
- Author
- E. W. Hornung
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eveleigh Nash
- Date Published
- 1911
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- 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...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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,...
- 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...