The Shaving of Shagpat. An Arabian Entertainment
by Meredith George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Archibald Constable & CO LTD, 1906. Reprint . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 1906 Edition. Size 16mo, 249 pages. Crimson cloth covered boards with gilt facsimile signature to front cover and gilt titles to the spine, title page printed in red and black. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, spine slightly faded, gilt on spine dulled, previous owner's name label to front paste-down, different previous owner's name and date to front end-paper, pages slightly toned else clean Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015484
- Title
- The Shaving of Shagpat. An Arabian Entertainment
- Author
- Meredith George
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable & CO LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- FICTION NOVELS HUMOUR
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
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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...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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