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Plays, Prose Writings, And Poems
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. First Everyman's Library Edition. 428 pages. No dust jacket. Teal cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Teal text block edges. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Retail stamp on front paste-down, with a few small nicks and water drops along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine. Water drops on front board, with slight warping to rear board corner.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1691041704TMB
- Title
- Plays, Prose Writings, And Poems
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1930
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- 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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