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A Maker of Nations
de Boothby, Guy
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/No Jacket
- Librería
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Chico, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London, New York, Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1900. A late-career mystery by the popular Australian novelist. [Hubin, p. 41]. This is a Very Good copy of the First English Edition, published a year after the American issue. Beveled blue cloth binding with titling and decorations (rampant lion) in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 342 pages and a ten-page publisher catalog in the rear. Frontis illustration and seven others within by Gordon Browne. Previous-owner label on the front paste-down. Light rubbing to the margins; spotting to the top page ends. In an archival plastic protector.. First UK Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Browne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 006709
- Título
- A Maker of Nations
- Autor
- Boothby, Guy
- Ilustrador
- Gordon Browne
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First UK Edition
- Editorial
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
- Lugar de publicación
- London, New York, Melbourne
- Fecha de publicación
- 1900
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Early Mysteries;
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Quercus Rare Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Quercus Rare Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Chico, California
Sobre Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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"...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
