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After Dark
de Collins, Wilkie
- Usado
- very good
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1875. Small 8vo. vii, 392 pp. Contemporary half tan calf over red boards with raised bands, black title label, gilt borders and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Marks to boards and leather, with rubbing to joints and corners. Occasional pencil annotations, otherwise internally clean. An early edition of this collection of six Wilkie Collins short stories - "The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed", "The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter", "The French Governess's Story of Sister Rose", "The Angler's Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange", "The Nun's Story of Gabriel's Marriage", and "The Professor's Story of the Yellow Mask"- five of which were previously published in the 1850s in Household Words, the magazine edited by Charles Dickens. . Very Good. Half Calf. New Edition. 1900.
Sinopsis
First published in this form 1856, these stories are linked by the story of Leah, itself a substantial story and each has a prologue. Collins's preface is also included. Contains the following separate stories: "Leaves from Leah's Diary"; "The Traveler's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed"; "The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter"; "The French Governess's Story of Sister Rose"; "The Angler's Story of The Lady of Glenwith Grange"; "The Nun's Story of Gabriel's Marriage"; "The Professor's Story of The Yellow Mask."
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Detalles
- Librería
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 70398
- Título
- After Dark
- Autor
- Collins, Wilkie
- Ilustrador
- Browne, Gordon
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Half Calf
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- New Edition
- Editorial
- Smith, Elder & Co. 1875
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1900
- Tamaño
- Small 8vo.
- Palabras clave
- Wilkie Collins,After Dark,Short stories
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
