The Fascinating Duc De Richelieu by Williams, H. Noel
- Bookseller: Greenberry House
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 001297
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: Not Stated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Methuen and Company
- Place: London
- Date published: 1910
Description
London: Methuen and Company, 1910. 346 pages, indexed and illustrated with black and white plates. Possible first edition. Peach cloth binding with gold lettering on front cover, handsome gold design and lettering on spine. Spine faded, slight tear at top of spine, small stains at bottom corner of front cover, corners bumped slightly. Pages and endpapers tanned slightly, some foxing of pages, tissue protector of frontispiece intact, gift inscription on front free endpaper.. Not Stated. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
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. Also known as the back.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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