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The Lighthouse at the End of the World
by Verne, Jules and H.C. Murphy (Frontispiece)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/N/A
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1924. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. In red cloth with yellow type and tipped on image. A First Edition and Printing with same date on title and copyright page and ex-library edition with call number, adhesive residue and long vertical crease and split to spine. Smaller splits to same and fraying at ends. Rubbing through cloth at a couple corners and scratches/soiling to boards and image. Library plate stuck to front pastedownand stamps to front endpapers. Tape shadows, stamps and paper residue to rear endpapers. Binding suprisingly solidand text block clean tough a little toned. Some illustrations.
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- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- LPB006359JV
- Title
- The Lighthouse at the End of the World
- Author
- Verne, Jules and H.C. Murphy (Frontispiece)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- Publisher
- G. Howard Watt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Bookseller catalogs
- French Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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