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The Master of Ballantrae. A Winter's Tale
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1889. This is a Very Good (minus) copy of the First Edition. Red cloth decorative binding with two Georgian figures in black on the front cover. Clean text; four pages of publisher's adverts, followed by 16 that are unpaginated. This copy has the correction on page 41; fourteen "Uniform" titles listed opposite the half-title. Previous-owner initials on half-title, dated 1889. Internally this is a strong Very Good; however externally it is a bit on the heavily-used side: bumped corners, some creasing, mildly cocked, darkened spine. Not too bad, but heavily soiled, making it seem grubby. This is a solid Reading Copy, but not for the advanced collector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002535
- Title
- The Master of Ballantrae. A Winter's Tale
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris, New York & Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1889
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
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