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ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH OTHER MEMORIES AND ESSAYS
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Biographical edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. 295 pages. Dark red embossed cloth, top edge gilt. Condition is Very Good; light bwear to spine ends and edges, one corner bumped, bookplate of Judson Lewis Cross and Florence Isham Cross (with wheat sheaf and 6 stars on black background) on front pastedown, short Xmas gift inscription on ffep dated 1916, text is very clean, binding is tight. STK
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26862
- Title
- ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH OTHER MEMORIES AND ESSAYS
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Biographical edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
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- Travel;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
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