Legends of Charlemagne by Bulfinch, Thomas
- Bookseller: Greenberry House
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 001476
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: Not Stated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1901
Description
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1901. 271 pages. A collection of the romantic tales derived from the Italian and German Medieval poets. Red cloth binding with gold decoration on front cover and gold lettering and decoration on spine. Frontispiece plate and protective tissue intact and in good condition. Spine faded, lettering and decorations legible, corners bumped and cover slightly scrubbed. Interior pages browning slightly, endpapers a little darker than pages. Gift inscription on front free end paper.. Not Stated. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
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. Also known as the back.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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