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Quality Street - A Comedy in Four Acts
by Barrie, J.M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket (as Issued?)
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. vii, [3], 197pp, [3]. Original publishers vellum, title, author and illustrator in gilt to spine, upper cover with gilt single rule border and central roundel within which is a vase of flowers, t.e.g. Vellum very slightly soiled and crinkled, but generally fairly bright and clean. Internally very slightly browned, mainly to edges, otherwise quite bright. With twenty-two tissue-guarded illustrations by Thomson (as called for). First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket (as Issued?). Illus. by Thomson, Hugh. Folio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000064
- Title
- Quality Street - A Comedy in Four Acts
- Author
- Barrie, J.M
- Illustrator
- Thomson, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as Issued?)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Illustrated, Barrie, Thomson
- Size
- Folio
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Temple Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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