The Olive Fairy Book
by Lang, Andrew [editor]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Longmans, Green and Co, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Originally published 1907, this edition published 1920. Green cloth with gilt spine titles and decoration, additional illustration stamped in blind to front panel; cloth very good with light rubbing to edges, bumped to spine ends and top fore-edge corners. The gilt at spine is dulled and rubbed, such that it looks dark brown in some places. Spine tilted forward slightly. Binding sound. Dust jacket toned, age-soiled, and edgeworn, with tape repairs to verso. Faintly, sparsely foxed to textblock edges; only rare instances of spotting in text. All plates present.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2019753
- Title
- The Olive Fairy Book
- Author
- Lang, Andrew [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
The Book Bin
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About The Book Bin
The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
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