Sun and Shadow in Spain
by Howe, Maud
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Hardwick, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1908 Red cloth; gilt cover illustration. title, and spine lettering; top edge gilt. With few tissue-guarded color paintings and frontispiece and many black-and-white photograph reproductions. Moderate-to-heavy rubbing to cover extremities; few small irregular fade spots and stains to rear cover and spine cloth; few tiny spots in front cover cloth. Prior owner bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Front endpaper half-way split away from hinge. Interior clean and tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Curiosity Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12668
- Title
- Sun and Shadow in Spain
- Author
- Howe, Maud
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1908
Terms of Sale
The Curiosity Book Shop
Price includes Media Rate postage in U.S. Extra shipping costs quoted as needed. Returns within 10 days at buyer's expense; contact me first, please.
About the Seller
The Curiosity Book Shop
Biblio member since 2003
Hardwick, Massachusetts
About The Curiosity Book Shop
Bookseller of used, antiquarian, and out-of-print books in all subjects. On-line sales only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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