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St Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: William Heinmann, 1898. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First UK edition, first state, with printing error in the last line on page 237. Preceded by publication in the USA. In black cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles front and spine. Fore-edge deckled. Tall 12mo. Boards lightly rubbed on edges and joints, rounded at corners and spine tips, a few mild blemished. Text block edges a little darkened. Gutter against half-title cracked, loosening the front free endpaper and next leaf. Rear hinge cracked. A little loose. Incomplete at the author's death, the novel was finished by Arthur Quiller-Couch, drawing on Stevenson's outlines.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015989
- Title
- St Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinmann
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Novels, Fiction
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About the Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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,...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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