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The Shipwreck. A Poem
by William Falconer
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
T. Nelson & Sons, 1887. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1887. No edition stated. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. All text block edges gilt. Illustrated by Birket Foster. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, pastedown, pre-title page and title page. Occasional small stains. Very slight gutter cracking. Boards have some edge wear, with pronounced bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Heavy water stains overall with red marks and other stains too. Gilt is reasonably bright.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1651688399LEE
- Title
- The Shipwreck. A Poem
- Author
- William Falconer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Date Published
- 1887
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- 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....
- Jacket
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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