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Wives by Washington Irving and The Henpecked Man by Sir Richard Steele. Pictures by Cecil Aldin
by Irving, Washington; Steele, Sir Richard
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition. Two stories in one volume. Three tipped-in colour plates and b/w illustrations. Original brown paper boards with colour on-lay to front. Paper to spine cracked with pieces missing. Rubbing to edges and corners. Front inner hinge cracked with webbing showing but holding. One plate almost detached. Endpapers browned. Content generally clean. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 30 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Soin2Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002386
- Title
- Wives by Washington Irving and The Henpecked Man by Sir Richard Steele. Pictures by Cecil Aldin
- Author
- Irving, Washington; Steele, Sir Richard
- Illustrator
- Cecil Aldin
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Pages
- 30
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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