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Kidnapped & Catriona
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. Reprint. 511 pages. Illustrated blue dust jacket over dark red cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Minor tanning to pages with pen inscriptions to front endpaper. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and noticeable foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends as well. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear and tanning. small tears to spine ends and corners with fair foxing to interior as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1607961697EWY
- Title
- Kidnapped & Catriona
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1961
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
Wob sells rare and collectable books on behalf of charities. Our team of booksellers are happy to deal with any enquiries and aim to provide same-day dispatch for all orders.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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