Sketches: Now First Published in Complete Form (1879 Edition)
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: Belfords, Clarke & Co. Used - Good. 1879. Hardcover. Cloth with gilt stamped lettering and decoration. Octavo. 319 pp. Some shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Spine cocked. Binding cracked. Pages moderately toned. Altogether a copy in Good condition. Good. (Subject: Literature).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C62854
- Title
- Sketches: Now First Published in Complete Form (1879 Edition)
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Toronto: Belfords, Clarke & Co
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...