Peccavi
by Hornung, E.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hurst & Blackett. 8vo, original green cloth boards with gilt decoration to boards, b&w frontis plate, pp 319. N.d., early 1900s. Boards rubbed, previous owner's signature ffep, front endpapers foxed, front hinge cracked. Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88894
- Title
- Peccavi
- Author
- Hornung, E.W
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst & Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature, Mystery, Novel
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...