TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS AND MACABRE
by Blackwood, Algernon
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Spring Books, (1958). 2nd impression. hardcover. fine/very good. Octavo, red cloth covers with gilt spine titles. 400 pages. Book is in fine condition. dust jacket price clipped, with a little wear along the edges, still very good. 23 tales. 082504B
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000021120
- Title
- TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS AND MACABRE
- Author
- Blackwood, Algernon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd impression
- Publisher
- Spring Books
- Date Published
- (1958)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Alkahest Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...