Styrbiorn the Strong
by Eddison, E.R. and Keith Henderson(Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The second book by the author of The Worm Ouroboros. In black cloth with gilt to illustration and type on spine. Blindstamped colophon on rear board. Top page ends tinted, but faded. Rear corners dinged and tiny spots rubbed through to bottom corners. Light wear to spine ends. Interior clean and binding solid. Small fold to bottom corner at title page where page was miscut. Jacket is price-clipped with chipping to spine ends and corners, four tears 3/4 to 1 1/2 inch to heel of spine and top and bottom of rear panel and several shorter tears to edges. A couple tape repairs to tear at top rear panel and bottom of spine. Rear flap separated and front flap mostly, but still holding on. Small hole to latter and rear panel of jacket. Some light smudges/marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008494EE
- Title
- Styrbiorn the Strong
- Author
- Eddison, E.R. and Keith Henderson(Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....