Basil.
by Wilkie Collins
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. . Beautifully bound in half-leather with marlbed boards, raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine. Cover hsows minor wear and rubbing. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned with a few minor stains.
Synopsis
Bibliography: pxxv-xxvi. This work was first published in 1852 by Richard Bentley, London, as a three-decker. It was then reset and reprinted in one volume by James Blackwood, London, 1856.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schwabe Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0003285140
- Title
- Basil.
- Author
- Wilkie Collins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Chatto and Windus
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
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Schwabe Books
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.