The Waverley Novels: Quentin Durward, Vol. XXXI
by Scott, Walter (Sir)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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DEMING, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. Dark teal boards with decorative embossed design in black on front cover and blind embossed on back cover. Gilt titling on spine. Wear on edges. Corners and head and tail of spine frayed. Light surface scuffing. Covers are securely attached but text block is split (stitching broken) at page 176-177. Both sections of page block secure. 47 b&w illustrations. ; 7.20 x 4.75 X 1.40 inches .
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- Bookseller
- Readers' Cove Used Books & Gallery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3101
- Title
- The Waverley Novels: Quentin Durward, Vol. XXXI
- Author
- Scott, Walter (Sir)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1900
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....