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The Wonderful Visit
by Wells, H. G
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 251pp. Red cloth, gilt spine title, and gilt upper board illustration by Rackham. First state, with the missing 'r' on p. 198. Spine sunned, rear inner hinge cracked, else this is a very good copy. Name of former owner, Dudley James, on front free endpaper, and the Haskell bookplate on the front pastedown.
Currey, p. 426. Barron, 2-155. Wells Society 5.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22057
- Title
- The Wonderful Visit
- Author
- Wells, H. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Co., Aldine House
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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