The World's Wit and Humor -- British Volume VIII, Austen to Thackeray
by Various Authors
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Richland Springs, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Review of Reviews Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover, brown with gilt lettering. Embossed design on front and spine. Spine is torn on each side near the top. Corners battered, edges worn. Front hinge loose. Binding tight, pages have water stains, text is unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Austin Airplane Co.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000155
- Title
- The World's Wit and Humor -- British Volume VIII, Austen to Thackeray
- Author
- Various Authors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Review of Reviews Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
Terms of Sale
The Austin Airplane Co.
15 day return, buyer responsible for shipping costs.
About the Seller
The Austin Airplane Co.
Biblio member since 2007
Richland Springs, Texas
About The Austin Airplane Co.
Used, Rare, and Out of print books. Specializing primarily in historical technology, History, military history and crafts. Militaria, memoribilia and other items also. Storefront by appointment only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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