Tourmalin's Time Cheques.
by Anstey, F. (pseud. of Thomas Anstey Guthrie)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. [ii], ii, 172. Contemporary half red roan, marbled boards, spine divided by raised bands, second compartments gilt-lettered direct, marbled edges and endpapers. Rubbed (especially to joints), a few small scrapes. Bookplate of Chesterfield House to front pastedown. A humourous early example of a time travel novel. Sadleir 54.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3541
- Title
- Tourmalin's Time Cheques.
- Author
- Anstey, F. (pseud. of Thomas Anstey Guthrie)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.W. Arrowsmith
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Literature Novel Fantasy
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- Bookplate
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- Marbled boards
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...