Tales of Secret Egypt
by Sax Rohmer
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1919. Very Good/Very Good. New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1919. Reprint. Octavo; [vi], 313pp. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Jacket chipped at corners and head of spine, with a 3/4" strip cut cleanly away at tail; spine foxed and smudged, with same down back flap fold and general toning and some tape repair to interior. Boards are square with rubbing and nudging at spine ends, a few faint scuffs to surface, and dulling to lettering. Frontis image cut and mounted to front free endpaper, with prior owner's name above in pen. Opens easily between gatherings with some space starting to show at a few, but binding is secure. Pages a bit toned but unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11875
- Title
- Tales of Secret Egypt
- Author
- Sax Rohmer
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...