A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1915. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1915. No edition stated. 479 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. A few dog-eared corners. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown. Slight gutter cracking. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Slight splits to joints. Spine is heavily sunned. A few liquid droplet marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1648027164ADA
- Title
- A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press
- Date Published
- 1915
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...