Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
by Charles W. Eliot, LL.D., Editor
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: P. F. Collier & Son, 1910. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/none, used hc, 462pp. Black colored cloth over boards with gilt text on spine; edge wear; shelf wear and fraying to head and tail of spine. Interior pages clean, unmarked except former owner's inked name and town on front paste down. Binding is straight and tight..
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Details
- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022865
- Title
- Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
- Author
- Charles W. Eliot, LL.D., Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Charles W. Eliiot, Famous Books, Harvard Classics
Terms of Sale
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
Biblio member since 2012
TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
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