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The Middle Years
by James, Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London : W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1917 First printing of the first British edition, review copy, with publisher's blind stamp on the title page. Blue-black smooth cloth, lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, frontispiece portrait of Henry James, fore-edges and bottoms of the leaves are untrimmed, 8vo, 117, (1)pp. Book with rubbing to corner edges, chip to crown of spine, shallow chipping to foot of spine, age-toning to title page, spine and cover margins, binding's cracked on a couple pages, else fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021730
- Title
- The Middle Years
- Author
- James, Henry
- Illustrator
- William Rothenstein [frontispiece]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Idler Fine Books
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Las Vegas , Nevada
About Idler Fine Books
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- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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