I Go A-Fishing
by W. C. Prime
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston, & Searle, 1873. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1873. No Edition Remarks. 308 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Front and rear boards are loose but still attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Some splits to spine ends. Marks overall. Binding is slightly shaky, but pages remain intact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690365144ALK
- Title
- I Go A-Fishing
- Author
- W. C. Prime
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, & Searle
- Date Published
- 1873
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...