The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages.
by Charles Reade
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, UK Oxford University Press: Humphrey Milford, 1915. Hardcover Good: Shows significant indications of use. Binding shows slight spine lean; moderate wear to extremities; some darkening, soiling, and rubbing; faint sunning at the back-strip, though the titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; former owner's name and info at front paste-down endpaper. Binding remains secure, but the front endpaper has been removed; text clean. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library [though a removed front endpaper can be an indication that someone was trying hide the indications thereon, but there are no other indications]. 8vo. 695pp. Red cloth over Boards with Gilt titles at the front panel and back-strip. Illustrated with 14 illustrations by Charles Keene and 6 by M. Sankey in black and white. Hardback: Lacks DJ, assuming it ever had one.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 35682
- Title
- The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages.
- Author
- Charles Reade
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press: Humphrey Milford,
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1915.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction; Literature; Classic English Novel; Victorian Age; English Literature; Vintage Popular Fiction;
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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....