THE PRINCE OF INDIA; or Why Constantinople fell
by WALLACE, Lew
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper, 1893. First Edition, first state. Two volumes. 12mo, pp. 502, 578. Blue cloth, stamped in dark red, gilt and silver. Cover slightly worn at edges, endpapers of Vol. 2 slightly soiled, o/w a nice tight set.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30075
- Title
- THE PRINCE OF INDIA; or Why Constantinople fell
- Author
- WALLACE, Lew
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, first state
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1893
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
Biblio member since 2008
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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