The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
by Balfour, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First Edition. First printing A two volume set both books of which are in very good+ condition in red buckram cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and the upper edges of the text blocks are in gilt. The first free end papers of both volumes are clipped at the upper corners. The heads and heels of both volumes are lightly rubbed and there is a newspaper article pasted to the first free end paper of the first volume which describes the discovery of a brass plaque commemorating Stevenson which was found in the Solomon Islands in 1963. The second volume has a scratch across the front board. The first volume contains 256 pages of text followed by a fold-out, color map of the south sea islands. The second volume contains 275 pages including an index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB16729
- Title
- The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author
- Balfour, Graham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...