The Seen and the Unseen
by MARSH RICHARD
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen, 1900. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London: Methuen & Co., 1900). First UK Edition. 320 pages plus 46-page publisher's catalogue dated August 1900. Publisher's pale blue cloth flecked with white, lettering in yellow and red, pictorial artwork to spine and front cover, top edge trimmed, fore and lower edges uncut, slight fading at lower edge of spine, edges of spine panel rubbed, corners a little rubbed, end-papers tanned and foxed, slight foxing to prelims, possible book-plate removed from the front paste-down overall a Very Good copy. A very scarce collection of short stories which includes ghostly and supernatural tales. At the time of listing there is no copy on the net in the original pictorial binding. A very scarce book. Although the author is most famous for his classic novel of supernatural horror, "The Beetle" (1897), Richard Marsh's best work is often to be found in his short stories and in "The Seen and the Unseen," he is at his best.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490716160
- Title
- The Seen and the Unseen
- Author
- MARSH RICHARD
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...