The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
by JEROME, JEROME K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Hurst & Blackett 1898. First edition, Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, 360pp + 16pp adverts, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light sporadic foxing to pages)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226623
- Title
- The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
- Author
- JEROME, JEROME K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst & Blackett 1898
- Keywords
- short stories literature modern first edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
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- VG
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- First Edition
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