Twice-Told Tales. Two Volumes.
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light shelfwear, slightly cocked, frontis foxed, otherwise a very good tight set.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston. : Ticknor and Fields, , 1861.. New edition. . hardcover original brown blindstamped cloth, gilt spine titles. . Light shelfwear, slightly cocked, frontis foxed, otherwise a very good tight set. . 12mo.. Portrait frontis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 183776
- Title
- Twice-Told Tales. Two Volumes.
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover original brown blindstamped cloth, gilt spine titles.
- Book Condition
- Used - Light shelfwear, slightly cocked, frontis foxed, otherwise a very good tight set.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields,
- Place of Publication
- Boston.
- Date Published
- 1861.
- Pages
- 287, 288 pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- 12mo.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Zephyr Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery for any reason.
About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...