Mummies and Moslems.
by WARNER, Charles Dudley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Seal & Rivington, (N.d., but 1875). Octavo, dark brown cloth blocked in gilt and black, pp. xvi, 477; frontispiece illustration. Non-authorial inscription presenting the book in memory of a comrade fallen in the Great War. A few signatures slightly proud, tidy repairs to front hinge, hinge paper cracked, cloth frayed with loss at spine ends, joints and corners, else a good copy, See BAL 21133.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13619
- Title
- Mummies and Moslems.
- Author
- WARNER, Charles Dudley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Sampson Low, Marston, Seal & Rivington, (N.d., but 1875).
- Keywords
- NCLA-Z
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century Literature; Archaeology;
Terms of Sale
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Tamworth, Ontario
About Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- BAL
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- 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...