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R.L.S. to J.M. Barrie: A Vailima Portrait
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1962. Very Good +/Very Good. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1962. Limited Edition of 475 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Quarto. xiv; [4] leaves of plates; 15; [1] facsimile reproduction. White dust jacket. Decorative boards and with linen spine stamped in gilt. Four page publisher's prospectus laid in at front.
Dust jacket lightly soiled with some wear and light chipping along spine. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound.
Dust jacket lightly soiled with some wear and light chipping along spine. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound.
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Details
- Seller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8278
- Title
- R.L.S. to J.M. Barrie: A Vailima Portrait
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Quarto
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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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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