The Dynamiter
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Redding, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London:: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885 Orig. Wraps. Excellent. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A lovely copy in the original green pictorial wrappers rebound in contemporary 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards. Binding shows some minor rubbing; t.e.g. ..
Synopsis
GENTLEMEN, - In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended. It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit. Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation. Horror, in this case, is due to Mr.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 882309
- Title
- The Dynamiter
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co., 1885
- Place of Publication
- London:
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...