A History of Story-Telling: Studies in the Development of Narrative
by Ransome, Arthur, retold by
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Book. Illus. by Gavin, J.. Good. Hardcover. (xviii) 318 pages, 27 woodcut portraits by J. Gavin, errata slip bound in; 8vo, originally blue cloth now mainly darkened to brown, gilt titles, small decoration front cover. Spine ends/corner tips worn, cover rubbed. "From Fred Newcomb Wednesday Oct. 26/10" front endpaper, some pages unopened, good; contents very good+; no dust jacket. In clear Brodart sleeve 0.
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- Title
- A History of Story-Telling: Studies in the Development of Narrative
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur, retold by
- Illustrator
- Gavin, J.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Literature, Books about Books
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- Books about books;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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