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The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries
by HECKETHORN, Charles William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1875. First Edition. Two octavo volumes, original green cloth with gilt lettering. A very scarce set, only one copy on WorldCat. No sets at auction in past thirty years. Very Good firmly bound set, modest shelf wear, volume one with nicks and rubbing to top spine end, some mild foxing to early pages, contemporary owner signature and date at front endpapers and title pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37719
- Title
- The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries
- Author
- HECKETHORN, Charles William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
Biblio member since 2020
East Woodstock, Connecticut
About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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