Click for full-size.
Advice to Young Men and (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Youth, a Husband, a Bachelor, a Father, a Lover, a Citizen or a Subje
by William Cobbett
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1930. No Edition Stated. Unpaginated. Brown dust jacket over brown cloth. Copy number 247 of 1000 copies printed. Pages have deckled edges. Upper text block edge gilt. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Slightly foxed spine. Small stain to front board. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears and creasing. Jacket is rather rubbed and marked overall. Tape repair to rear. Spine is sunned.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1665728328CRH
- Title
- Advice to Young Men and (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Youth, a Husband, a Bachelor, a Father, a Lover, a Citizen or a Subje
- Author
- William Cobbett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
World of Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
Wob sells rare and collectable books on behalf of charities. Our team of booksellers are happy to deal with any enquiries and aim to provide same-day dispatch for all orders.
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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
Collecting BiblioMysteries
Want to get meta? Bibliomysteries are mystery stories which deal in some significant way with books and the world associated with books. Browse this fascinating subgenre of mystery novels.
Collecting P. T. Barnum
P. T. Barnum was not only one of the founders of modern day circus performance, he was also the author of the second most printed book of the 19th century. Learn about collecting P. T. Barnum books and ephemera here.
