White Lies. A Tale [and] False or True; or, The Journey to London, A Tale.
by Mrs. Opie
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston & New York: Saxton & Kelt / Saxton and Miles, 1845. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 100; 52 pages. Hardcover bound in three quarter black leather. There is considerable wear to the binding, which is abraded along the spine and edges. Corner edges are bumped and worn. A small split in the spine has been secured with clear tape. Outer edges of the text block are foxed and toned. Light to moderate foxing throughout the text. There is a water stain on the front and back end papers and title page. Front flyleaf clipped at the top of the page. Text is toned and foxed. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051043
- Title
- White Lies. A Tale [and] False or True; or, The Journey to London, A Tale.
- Author
- Mrs. Opie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Saxton & Kelt / Saxton and Miles
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1845
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1845; Mrs. Opie; Literature; Fiction; Stories; Tales; Writings; 19th Century; London.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Fiction; General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings;
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...