The Talisman
by Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
P R Gawthorn Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. Red cloth with gilt lettering to front & spine. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Text is clear. Plates are bright with some light tanning to edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. White staining to boards. Slight sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened to spine. Unclipped jacket, Panels have heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, tears, chips, and creasing. Brown marking to jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1652277737CHR
- Title
- The Talisman
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P R Gawthorn Ltd
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.