Sanctuary
by Edith Wharton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- UsedGood
- Seller
-
Skokie, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
UsedGood. First edition, 1903. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Cover edges frayed and shelfworn with age. Front hinge starting, with first few pages coming loose at base, but book remains intact. Spine cracked. Remnants of bookplate on front endpaper. Light yellowing to crisp page edges. Text clean, no underlining. Good copy overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books4Cause Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5D4000008ESA_ns
- Title
- Sanctuary
- Author
- Edith Wharton
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Skokie, Illinois
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....