ACROSS THE PLAINS
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- V.g., Spine Faded/no jacket
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. x, 212pp. Green buckram, gilt. Frontis. plate. No wear, spine sunned, end-papers browned. Neat owners inscription dated 1924. A nice copy.. hard back. V.g., Spine Faded/no jacket. small 8vo.
Synopsis
Leaves from the notebook of an emigrant between New York and San Fancisco
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1416
- Title
- ACROSS THE PLAINS
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g., Spine Faded
- Jacket Condition
- no jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- small 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Thomas Rare Books
7 day return if mis-described
About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
Out-of-print books and maps
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....