The Robber: A Tale
by JAMES, G. P. R
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- Hardcover
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Baudry's European Library 1838. Super octavo, leather quarter bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate to spine, raised bands with gilt decoration to spine, marbled page edges & eps, 370pp, VG (moderate scuffing & cracking to spine & hinges, light to moderate scuffing to corners, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to pages throughout)
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- Title
- The Robber: A Tale
- Author
- JAMES, G. P. R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Baudry's European Library 1838
- Keywords
- literature G P R James British authors fiction
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- 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...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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