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A Mere Accident
by Moore, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London, New York, Washington, and Chicago: Vizetelly & Co. And Brentano's, 1887. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition, one of "Vizetelly's One-Volume Novels." This series was initiated by Moore and the Publisher to break the censorship of the dominant circulating libraries.The "realistic novelists" of the time such as Moore had been at a distinct disadvantage. An uncommon to scarce title. Original brown cloth binding with black titling on the front cover, black and gilt on the spine. Chean text; 282 pages, with a 32-page catalog in the rear. (Interestingly, this was not enough for the publisher, who also included a two-page advert prior to the half-title, and a list of Moore's titles opposite the Title Page.) Lightly bumped, with a moderate amount of soiling. There is an old bookseller's label on the front paste-down, and a stamped owner's name on the reverse of the FFEP. Quite a solid copy of this scarce and historically important novel. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004427
- Title
- A Mere Accident
- Author
- Moore, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Vizetelly & Co. And Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, Washington, and Chicago
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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