Dr. Stiggins: His Views and Principles
by Machen, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
F. Griffiths. Used - Good. 1906. Pictorial cloth, octavo, vi and 141 pp. Extensive wear to boards including soiling, rubbing and bumping to corners. Edges are bumped and indented with piece of cloth torn out at top right front. Spine sunned. Pages are chipped and torn, in addition to the regular deckled edging. The text remains unaffected and the binding is solid. Overall, a Good reading copy. (Subject: Fiction.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR18281
- Title
- Dr. Stiggins: His Views and Principles
- Author
- Machen, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- F. Griffiths
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....