An Index Finger
by Abrojal, Tulis
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. First edition. Fair in decorative gilt-stamped blue cloth. Rubbing, soiling, and wear to boards and to darkened spine, spine cloth chipped and fraying to a depth of 1/8", corners exposed; front inner hinge is badly cracked and literally hanging by a single thread, bookplate on front pastedown, rear inner hinge has been repaired with old postal tape, pencil note on rear pastedown, ink stamp on title page and at least one other page, large chip to first page of last signature (does not interfere with text), occasional pencil emphases throughtout browned text. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027324
- Title
- An Index Finger
- Author
- Abrojal, Tulis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. F. Fenno & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Basement
Terms of Sale
Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
You buy it, we ship it. If you're unsatisfied, send it back for a refund.
About the Seller
Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
Biblio member since 2006
Seattle, Washington
About Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
We're a brick & mortar shop in Seattle. We've got six live-in cats.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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.
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