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Conan Doyle Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Platt & Munk, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 494 pages. No dust jacket. Striped cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with tanning to free endpapers and text block edges. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Moderate dog-eared corners. Pencil inscription to rear paste-down. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Tape mark on front board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689160006ADA
- Title
- Conan Doyle Stories
- Author
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Platt & Munk
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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