Skip to content

Straight Paths and Crooked Ways

Straight Paths and Crooked Ways

Straight Paths and Crooked Ways
Click for full-size.

Straight Paths and Crooked Ways

by Mrs. H. B. Paull

  • Used
  • poor
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Poor
Seller
The Real Book Shop
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom
Item Price
SGD 172.48
Or just SGD 155.23 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
SGD 51.74 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 25 to 30 days
More Shipping Options
Ask Seller a Question

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

Very rare copy. Warne's Star Series. First edition, first printing. No DJ issued. Blue cloth boards, ornately stamped with black and gilt design to front board and spine. List of Warne's books on front and back pastedowns. 345pp. Small 8vo. CONDITION: poor. boards worn; spine faded and worn at extremities; edges dusted; boards and spine attached to each other but completely detached from the rest of the book (which is still bound together). One inch open chip to ffep (but missing piece is included, in case of repair job in the future. Front pastedown and ffep very darkened; mark where something was previously stuck, on front pastedown. Back pastedown and bfep, similar condition as front. Gift inscription on page opposite title page (dated 1889). Title page has light foxing. Internally - occasional smudges but bright and readable. This pleasing little book deserves some repair and re-binding. The story begins in the height of a cholera epidemic, in London, in 1849.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
The Real Book Shop GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
13467
Title
Straight Paths and Crooked Ways
Author
Mrs. H. B. Paull
Book Condition
Used - Poor
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Co.
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1887
Pages
345
Size
8vo
Weight
0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs
Antiquarian and Collectable; Collectable Fiction;

Terms of Sale

The Real Book Shop

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Books can only be returned within 14 days for any other reason, and must be returned in the condition in which they were received (eg. new means new and unread).

About the Seller

The Real Book Shop

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2017
Portland, Dorset
Ask Seller a Question

About The Real Book Shop

Having run two high street shops, we now concentrate solely on the online world of bookselling. We have over ten years' experience selling books online. All our books are actually in stock (no dropshipping) and we offer our customers an individual personal service.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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...
Poor
A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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....
FFEP
A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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...
Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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...

Frequently asked questions

This Book’s Categories

Also Recommended

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.

tracking-