Dan Russell The Fox An Episode in the Life of Miss Rowan
by Edith Somerville, Martin Ross
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1911. 340pp. Original boards. Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Hinges are creased (and webbing is showing to front hinge). Binding is cracked (webbing is showing at page 340) and text block is pulling away from boards but pages are secure. Covers are scuffed/sunned/ink-rubbed/soiled & stained with denting/fraying to head/heel of spine and corners, rubbing to extremities. Outer page edges are heavily foxed and dust soiled. Reading copy of this increasingly scarce title. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 146346
- Title
- Dan Russell The Fox An Episode in the Life of Miss Rowan
- Author
- Edith Somerville, Martin Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Fiction Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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