Coniston
by Churchill, Winston
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: MacMillan. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. Vellum spine, brown cloth titled in gilt, TEG. Limited edition # 73/100. Inscribed by author to the limitation page. This is the American author Churchill, not the British statesman. Spine panel split at spine head, rubbing to boards and edges. Bookplate to fep. Slightly cocked, rough cut edges, toned pages. Pencilled number to rear, no other library evidence. Hinges a bit tender. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19987
- Title
- Coniston
- Author
- Churchill, Winston
- Illustrator
- Florence Scovel Shinn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1906
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...