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The Slowcoach: A Story of Roadside Adventure
by Lucas, E. V. // Illustrated By M.V. Wheelhouse
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Ltd., 1910. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Probable First Edition as the date (1910) on verso of the title page matches the date of a gift inscription on the half title page (Christmas 1910). The interior of the book is clean and tight, showing slight foxing, but few signs of previous use. All sixteen coloured plates by Wheelhouse, with their accompanying tissue guards, are present as is the "maps of the journey" on page 48. There are twelve pages of book advertisements at the rear of the text. The gilt on the top edge of the text block is still bright, but the other two sides are foxed. The brown illustrated covers are clean, showing light edgewear and shallow bumps to the top and bottom of the spine. The dust jacket is in very good condition overall, but with several nicks of paper missing from the top and bottom of the spine. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.
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- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007695
- Title
- The Slowcoach: A Story of Roadside Adventure
- Author
- Lucas, E. V. // Illustrated By M.V. Wheelhouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Granny Goose Books
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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