A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: H.G. WELLS'S SCIENTIFIC ROMANCE
by H G Wells
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0253328535
- ISBN 13
- 9780253328533
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Indiana University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pages are clean, no markings from the previous owners. Binding is square and tight. Red cloth boards are clean. Gilt on text and cover design is intact and bright. Textblock is foxed on top edge, other edges are clean with light surface marks. Dust jacket is clean and bright with light creasing around edges. Pictures provided upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60539
- Title
- A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: H.G. WELLS'S SCIENTIFIC ROMANCE
- Author
- H G Wells
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0253328535
- ISBN 13
- 9780253328533
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
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Chamblee, Georgia
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.