Short Stories
by Anton Chekhov
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Folio Society, 2002. Hardcover. Good. 2002. Second Printing. 480 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Orange and gilt patterned paper covered boards with red spine strip and gilt lettering. Includes red slipcase. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Moderate foxing to text block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Slipcase has moderate edge-wear with marking to panels and scuffing to edges. Some slight sunning.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1704297012CAB
- Title
- Short Stories
- Author
- Anton Chekhov
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Date Published
- 2002
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...