Fantastic Tales or The Way to Attain - A Book Full of Pantagruelism
by Machen, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Carbonnek: Privately Printed. Used - Good. 1923. Paper covered boards. 8vo. 448 pp. Number 591 from a limited printing of 1050 copies. Signed by the author. Some shelf wear and scuffing to boards, with heavy wear and chipping to joints and head & heel of spine. Corners bumped. Both hinges cracked, with some tearing to ffep and flyleaf. Pages are clean and unmarked. Altogether a copy in Good condition. (Subject: Fiction.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q20577
- Title
- Fantastic Tales or The Way to Attain - A Book Full of Pantagruelism
- Author
- Machen, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carbonnek: Privately Printed
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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:
- 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,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....