Familiar Studies -- A Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson and An Essay on Stevenson [The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edited by Charles Curtis Bigelow and Temple Scott vol. 10]
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Charles C. Bigelow, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. Manhattan Edition. [12], 462 p., frontispiece; 21 cm. Dark red cloth with gilt spine title. Top page edges gilt. Many pages unopened. Contents: Familiar Studies -- Records of a Family of Engineers -- Three Letters -- Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Sidney Colvin. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly rubbed; cover lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- 008878
- Title
- Familiar Studies -- A Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson and An Essay on Stevenson [The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edited by Charles Curtis Bigelow and Temple Scott vol. 10]
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles C. Bigelow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
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