The Queen's Maries: A Romance Of Holyrood
by G. J. Whyte-Melville
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good -/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: The Alston Rivers Co. 427pp. Rebound for private library, maroon half-leather boards with gilt lettering/flower decoration to spine. No date, perhaps 1890s. "Land & Water" Edition. Illustrated by Lucy E. Kemp-Welch. Frontispiece protected with tissue, and further plates in text. Ex-Libris sticker on inner front cover. Inner pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowed with age. Some darkening to several page edges. Binding is cracked (and text block is slightly pulling away from boards) but pages are still secure; still fairly tight overall. Text block has some minor moisture warpage. Outer page edges are scuffed/dustsoiled. Boards are scuffed/scraped, moderate rubbing to extremities (leather worn away in a few spots), head of spine chipped,corners slightly frayed. Ink to boards is beginning to flake off when handled. Book has a slight old/musty smell. Nice reading copy. . First Thus, Collectible. Hard Cover. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Title
- The Queen's Maries: A Romance Of Holyrood
- Author
- G. J. Whyte-Melville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Thus, Collectible
- Publisher
- The Alston Rivers Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Fiction
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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