"QUO VADIS"
by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J.M. Dent. Bound in red cloth with clear gilt titles to spine, this dated 1897 hardcover Second English Edition is VG. (V111)/541pp with 72 Chapters and clean endpapers all present. Prelims as follows: Fixed endpaper, free endpaper, half- title with advert for other works by Sienkiewicz on verso, title page with reproduced letter fron author on verso, Dedication page with blank verso, Introductory page by Jeremiah Curtain, dated 1896 with blank verso. Then Chapter One. Several small and indistinct stains to boards, minimal rubbing to top/tail of spine, otherwise all VG . Very Good. Hardcover. Second English Edition. 1897.
Reviews
On May 18 2021, a reader said:
I received this book as a gift for my 18th birthday in 1955. The title, age and not liking to read, I filed it. When I did pick it up in n my 30's and read it it became one of my favorite reads.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0021353
- Title
- "QUO VADIS"
- Author
- Sienkiewicz, Henryk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second English Edition
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- 1897 Dent & Co: "Quo Vadis"
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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.
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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