Thrilling Tales of Enterprise and Peril, Adventure and Heroism
by Macaulay, Dr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1886. Bound in brown cloth, stamped in black and gold. Has a gold stamp on the front panel -- a scholarly school award. Front hinge just starting. All edges gilt. Book is still tight and clean. 395 pp. + ads. illustrated. . Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5001836
- Title
- Thrilling Tales of Enterprise and Peril, Adventure and Heroism
- Author
- Macaulay, Dr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Springtown, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.