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A Bitter Debt: A Tale of the Black Country
by Swan, Annie S
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Prescott, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson. Good. 1893. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 344 pp. Tissue protected frontis. Decorative red cloth boards. All edges gilt. Spine bumped, ends worn, small tears. Corners bumped and rubbed. Bookplate from a Montreal church book fund on ffep. Prev owner's name on half-title Endpapers tanned. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Riverwash Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FIC0409
- Title
- A Bitter Debt: A Tale of the Black Country
- Author
- Swan, Annie S
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Riverwash Books
Biblio member since 2004
Prescott, Ontario
About Riverwash Books
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
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