The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays
by Bierce, Ambrose
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. Gilt lettered brown buckram. Corners bumped and rubbed, edges lightly worn. Boards lightly scuffed. Solid binding and clean text. Toned pages with offset eps. Traces of removed bookplate on front pastedown. No ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 249 pages .
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Details
- Seller
- Old Editions Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 11249
- Title
- The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays
- Author
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- A. M. Robertson
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1909
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...