Quo Vadis": A Narrative of the Time of Nero
by Sienkiewicz, Henryk; Curtin, Jeremiah (Translator)
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. Reprint. Cloth. Very good/No dust jacket. Very good light green cloth hardcover with darker green letter and decoration and gilt letter to spine shows mild exposure darkening along spine, rubbing at spine tail, light soil, light bump at top edge of cover, tiny closed tear at top of front endpaper, lending library ink stamp and previous owner marks at front endpaper, and with some other light trace wear. 541 pages with illustrated plates and tissued frontispiece of the author. Solid copy of this reprinting of the noted novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32924
- Title
- Quo Vadis": A Narrative of the Time of Nero
- Author
- Sienkiewicz, Henryk; Curtin, Jeremiah (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Antiques, Collectibles, Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Montana, Used Books, Rare Books
Terms of Sale
Barker Books & Vintage
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
Barker Books & Vintage
Biblio member since 2021
Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
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...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.