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Plain or Ringlets?
by Surtees, R. S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1914. First printing of the Methuen edition. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. The spine is somewhat faded, with tarnished gilt, and slanted. Rounded spine ends. Bumped at the corners. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown and name on the front free endpaper. Otherwise unmarked and in a tight binding.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Leech. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005811
- Title
- Plain or Ringlets?
- Author
- Surtees, R. S
- Illustrator
- John Leech
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Collectible
Terms of Sale
Banjo Booksellers
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
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