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George Eliot and Thomas Hardy: A Contrast
by Berle, Lina Wright
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Good
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1917. Maroon boards, gilt lettering on spine, 174 numbered pages. Very lightly bumped and rubbed on ends of spine and on corners, small (1/8 inch) smudge on front, front paste-down roughened where bookplate removed, faint pencil erasure on ffep, pages darkened but spotless. Overall, very good plus. DJ darkened and wrinkled along spine, moderately chipped and creased along top edge, at heel of spine and ends of flap folds, dampstain on lower edge of front and rear. Tear (1 inch) along side of spine. Overall, good. Protected in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003608
- Title
- George Eliot and Thomas Hardy: A Contrast
- Author
- Berle, Lina Wright
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mitchell Kennerley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, Lina Wright Berle
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography; Literary Criticism; Thomas Hardy Related;
Terms of Sale
Lindenlea Books
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About the Seller
Lindenlea Books
Biblio member since 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
About Lindenlea Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
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