The Earth-Mother
by Morley Roberts; A.D. McCormick [illus.]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Downey & Co, 1896. Very Good. London: Downey & Co., 1896. First Edition. Octavo. 141 pages. Black and white illustrations. Red boards stamped in gilt.
Some soiling and fading to spine, rear board, and edges and light wear to extremities. Pronounced lean to spine. Hinges cracked but binding is holding. Foxing to preliminaries, but rest of text is clean.
Some soiling and fading to spine, rear board, and edges and light wear to extremities. Pronounced lean to spine. Hinges cracked but binding is holding. Foxing to preliminaries, but rest of text is clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6501
- Title
- The Earth-Mother
- Author
- Morley Roberts; A.D. McCormick [illus.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Downey & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...