The Prince and the Pauper A Tale.
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1882, later printing.. With the first issue point of the Franklin Press notation on the copyright page, but with the errors on pages 124, 263, and 362 corrected, making this a second or later printing, with three blank leaves at the end, marbled endpapers and edges, with 192 illustrations, bound in publisher's three-quarters calf and marbled boards, with red spine panel for title and black spine panel for author, with other spine panels decorated in gilt. General wear, especially worn at extremities, else a very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M. Dourgarian, Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JD31553
- Title
- The Prince and the Pauper A Tale.
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1882, later printing.
Terms of Sale
James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
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James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
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Concord, California
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
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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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...