ISLE OF MAN
by Caine, W. Ralph Hall
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. 240 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled; spine sunned. Covers cocked. Corners and spine ends bumped. Top edge gilt. Blank endpapers age toned. Rear inner hinge starting after last leaf. Crease to top corner of several leaves. Illust. w/ 20 color plates and two fold-out maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by A. Heaton Cooper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24385WHMISC
- Title
- ISLE OF MAN
- Author
- Caine, W. Ralph Hall
- Illustrator
- A. Heaton Cooper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL DESCRIPTION ISLE OF MAN SELF-GOVERNING CROWN DEPENDENCY IRISH SEA GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE BRITISH ISLES POSSESSIONS OF THE CROWN IN RIGHT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED COOPER A. ALFRED HEATON 1864 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
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