The Makers of English Fiction
by Dawson, W. J
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1905. First edition. Collection of engaging English author biographies. Maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, 316 pages plus advertisements, no dustjacket. Light rubbing to the extremities and just a bit of minor bumping to the corners, good hinges, sound text block, moderately foxed endpapers, a bit of very light foxing scattered on a few pages, pages otherwise clean and free from names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025007
- Title
- The Makers of English Fiction
- Author
- Dawson, W. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fleming H. Revell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- LITERARY BIOGRAPHYIES HISTORY BRITISH ENGLISH AUTHORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...