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ACROSS THE PLAINS with other memories and essays
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. Pp. x+320(last blank), title page ornament; cr. 8vo; school prize binding in half red calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, red cloth boards with gilt crest and motto of Winchester College at centre of upper board, edges of boards lightly rubbed, with some small surface grazes, the spine slightly faded and rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; marbled endpapers, bookplate of Frederick Percival Robinson on upper pastedown, the free endpapers lightly offset, upper hinge starting, a little light foxing; Chatto & Windus, London, 1905. Twelfth edition..
Synopsis
Leaves from the notebook of an emigrant between New York and San Fancisco
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- Bookseller
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167683
- Title
- ACROSS THE PLAINS with other memories and essays
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
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About the Seller
Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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Melbourne, Victoria
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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