HIS MAJESTY OF CORSICA: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF THEODORE 1ST
by Pirie, Valerie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 400 pages. In Good plus condition with Good minus dustjacket. gray spine with black text. Dustjacket has moderate edgewear and shelfwear, large tear to head edge of spine and rear cover, chipping and tearing to edges and corners, price clipped, and damp staining to spine. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has age toning and bookplate on front pastedown. 1369437. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1369437
- Title
- HIS MAJESTY OF CORSICA: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF THEODORE 1ST
- Author
- Pirie, Valerie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....