Lorna Doone; A Romance of Exmoor
by R. D. Blackmore
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1914. Hardcover. Good. 1914. Reprint. 571 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Faint scuffing to text-block edges. Minor cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book has a slight forward lean.
Synopsis
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623148712EMB
- Title
- Lorna Doone; A Romance of Exmoor
- Author
- R. D. Blackmore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Date Published
- 1914
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.