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The Auld Ayrshire of Robert Burns
by T.E. Henderson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
George W. Jacobs & Co, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. [1907] George W. Jacobs and Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 4 1/2 x 7 inches tall white buckram cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, full color artwork to front cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, frontispiece and nine full-page interior illustrations in full color, 146 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Tiny ink stain to top edge of rear pastedown and last three pages. A few pages (mainly the prelims) with slight marginal foxing or staining. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP30~ [1.0P] Robert Burns (1759-1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. Burns was born two miles south of Ayr, in Alloway, Scotland.
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- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SP30-0191-10230
- Title
- The Auld Ayrshire of Robert Burns
- Author
- T.E. Henderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Co
- Date Published
- 1900-01-01
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About the Seller
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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