David Balfour: A Sequel to "Kidnapped" (The Novels of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 6).
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Hardcover
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Hardcover This edition 1907. Copyright 1893 and 1895. Near Fine: shows a hint of sunning to the crimson background field of the backstrip (the gilt titles and designs thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible); else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, very near-to-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a minor cosmetic flaw. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.85 x 1.25 inches). xiii, 355 pages. Frontispiece with vellum tissue guard. Language: English. Weight: 23 ounces. Crimson buckram cloth over boards with gilt titles at the front panel with gold-ruled borders and gilt titles and designs at the backstrip. Top Edge Gilt. Rough cut fore-edge and bottom edge. Volume VI of the standard set published by Charles Scribner's Sons. This was a lovely set. This edition 1907. Copyright 1893 and 1895. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.
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- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 55925
- Title
- David Balfour: A Sequel to "Kidnapped" (The Novels of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 6).
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- This edition 1907. Copyright 1893 and 1895.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1907.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction; Young Adult Fiction; Classic English Novel; Juvenile Fiction; Classic English Literature;
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- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Marginalia
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...