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The Fascination of the King
by Boothby, Guy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Novel. (London: Ward, Lock: 1897) First Edition. Cloth, bevelled boards (that is, hard covers) with coloured pictorial pastedown on front and gilt decorations and lettering on front and on spine pp. viii, 288 and 16 publisher's advertisements. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood including frontispiece with tissue-guard still present and three other plates. Edges uncut. First Edition. An owner's name on recto of frontispiece. Head and foot of spine rubbed; corners of boards lightly rubbed; it can be seen that the half-title leaf has been removed; otherwise a near fine bright copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- exPB
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158449
- Title
- The Fascination of the King
- Author
- Boothby, Guy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- literature australia
Terms of Sale
exPB
Books are collated page by page before orders are confirmed. Shipping is calculated at cost and adjusted to that figure. It is up to the customer to decide whether to go ahead or cancel the order. Refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Before returning an item it is necessary to first initiate a discussion regarding the issues involved.
About the Seller
exPB
Biblio member since 2017
Clarence Park, South Australia
About exPB
I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...