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The Waters of Edera
by Ouida
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1900. No Edition Remarks. 348 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages have heavy tanning and light foxing. Small burn mark to title page, creating a hole. Small tears and creases with occasional chipping to edges of some pages. Cracks to guttering, exposing netting. Pages remain attached. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable bumping to corners and heavy scuffing to edges. Noticeable tanning to spine, but gilt remains legible. Minimal crushing to ends. Faint brown marks overall. Book is bowed with a pronounced forward lean.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1662980584CRT
- Title
- The Waters of Edera
- Author
- Ouida
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Date Published
- 1900
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
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