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H.G. WELLS AND HIS FAMILY (AS I HAVE KNOWN THEM) by [Wells, H.G.]: Meyer, M.M.:
- Bookseller: William Reese Company - Literature
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: WRCLIT 45076
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Edinburgh: International Publishing Co., [nd but ca. 1955].
Description
Edinburgh: International Publishing Co., [nd but ca. 1955].. Gilt cloth. Portrait and plates. First edition. Preface by F.R. Wells. Near fine in a rubbed, smudged and lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a short creased tear in the corner of the upper panel and a small internal repair.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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