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Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor
by R D Blackmore
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Somerset and London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. for Boots the Chemists A very good copy with very good dustwrapper in the original blue decorative cloth binding with 16 tipped in colour plates by Brock and Brittan. Undated but 1930's and commissioned by Boots the Chemists. The wrapper has a pasted portrait to the front and is complete but with a small tear and a little nibbling to the top spine edge. The spine is darker. It is in a protective wrap. The blue cloth binding is very bright and clean with gilt decoration and titles to the front board and spine. There is some pulling to the spine. Internally there is some offsetting from the advertisements on the wrapper ends to the endpapers. The frontispiece and title page have light spotting and the frontispiece has a couple of creases. Contents otherwise very clean. There is a recurrent paper flaw affecting some pages, which creates a light crease line from the gutter diagonally out into the text page for a couple of inches. Page 290 was opened poorly - with some tearing at the base in the gutter - this has been repaired with small loss from the bottom edge and there is small loss from the bottom edge on p 291. Text is not affected
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032275
- Title
- Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor
- Author
- R D Blackmore
- Illustrator
- Charles E Brock, Charles E Brittan
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. for Boots the Chemists
- Place of Publication
- Somerset and London
- Keywords
- Lorna Doone; Exmoor; charles brock; boots the chemistsa; illustrated lorna doone
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Spine
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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