Gems From the Best Authors
by Grave ; Gay
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
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Loveland, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cassell Publishing Company, 1887. Poor condition Hardcover Quarto with no dust jacket, 1887, presumed 1st edition. No stated printing. Nice textured/gilt boards and spine. Lots of wear/bumps, bottom 1/2" spine cloth missing, spine separated, and front 2 endpapers loose. Pencil writing on end papers. Has stains and soiling, and pages brown. Appears to be complete. NOT A REPRINT! Printed in 1887. RARE EDITION : ANTIQUE. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Squirrel Away Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002246
- Title
- Gems From the Best Authors
- Author
- Grave ; Gay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Scarce Literature History Antique
- Size
- 4to - over 9" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Squirrel Away Books
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Loveland, Colorado
About Squirrel Away Books
At Squirrel Away Books we are committed to quality and service excellence! This includes storing and shipping our books ourselves, and they never go through anyone else's warehouse, except the shipping people. From us to you, via USPS.We are a small, honest Colorado bookstore who has been in business since 1999. We ship quickly and pride ourselves on our accuracy. We have an inventory that includes many rare books and curiosities.We love being a part of the international book trade, supplying books to those who might otherwise not be able to find such rare items. Thank you for your interest in our books!
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...