The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon
by BAKER Samuel W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- good
- Seller
-
GLEBE, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longman's and Co, 1892. hardcover. good. Hardcover in good condition, no jacket. Binding still good but spine cocked and slightly faded/worn. Binding slightly exposed between front endpapers. Minor marks and edgewear to boards, board corners slightly bumped. Minor water damage to corner of page block. Foxing to early/rear pages, text pages only lightly foxed throughout. Silver gilt decoration in bright, clean condition. Sappho - Behind desk Cathal 03/20 Cathal 3/23 REPRICED
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sappho Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62205
- Title
- The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon
- Author
- BAKER Samuel W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longman's and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Pages
- 353pp
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sappho Books
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GLEBE, New South Wales
About Sappho Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...