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A Gamble with Life
by Silas K. Hocking
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A Gamble with Life by Silas K. Hocking.
Hardback, 1906, first edition, published by James Clarke & Co., London, 384 pages and 32-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Measures around 8" by 5 1/2". Green cloth binding, patterned and embossed front board and spine, gilt lettering to front board and spine. Binding has largely retained its colour, though there are some small scuffs and marks and some signs of shelf-wear and edge-wear. Slightly bumped corners. Binding quite firm, only slight slackness to spine. Page edges browned, foxed and scuffed. Some foxing throughout page surfaces, though mainly in endpapers. No underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-248
- Title
- A Gamble with Life
- Author
- Silas K. Hocking
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Pages
- 384+
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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