Among My Autographs
by George R. Sims
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chatto & Windus, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 177 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with white lettering. Pages are fairly bright and clear with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down with a few small nicks and liquid drops along text block edge. Water drops on page 169. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened on spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690544963IEV
- Title
- Among My Autographs
- Author
- George R. Sims
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Date Published
- 1904
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.