On a Torn Away World or the Captives of the Great Earthquake
by Rockwood, Roy
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Cupples & Leon Company, 1913. Good. Rockwood, Roy. On a Torn Away World or the Captives of the Great Earthquake. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1913. 246pp. 8vo. Brown cloth. Book condition: Spine rolled, and light shelf wear to extremities. Previous owner name in ink on front pastedown. Contents good, clean and tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Moderate shelf wear and rubbing at edges. Small pieces lacking at edges of spine and corners.
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- Bookseller
- Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB
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- Title
- On a Torn Away World or the Captives of the Great Earthquake
- Author
- Rockwood, Roy
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cupples & Leon Company
- Date Published
- 1913
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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