Fighting Joe; or, The Fortunes of a Staff Officer. A Story of the Great Rebellion
by Optic, Oliver, [Adams, William Taylor]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lee and Shepard, 1868. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Early reprint with green cloth covers & gilded titles & pictorial spine design. A Fair copy. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, soiling to covers & edges of text block, rubbing to covers (does effect spine design), a split at the front interior hinge (almost detached), foxing to pages, a cocked spine, and a split that's starting on page 208. 12mo (tall).
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 611127
- Title
- Fighting Joe; or, The Fortunes of a Staff Officer. A Story of the Great Rebellion
- Author
- Optic, Oliver, [Adams, William Taylor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- , , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
This Book’s Categories
Michael Bond - the man behind Paddington Bear
“All the same ... it’s a very important name. And I don’t expect there are many bears in the world called Paddington!”
A lonely toy bear on an empty shop shelf on Christmas Eve in 1956 first captured the attention of Michael Bond, who kindly shared Paddington with the world.
Collecting Arkham House
Learn about collecting the iconic horror and fantasy publisher that produced books by the likes of Ray Bradbury, August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft.
