The Autocrat At the Breakfast Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Walter Scott. Very Good-. Hardcover. A good hardcover without dustwrapper in green cloth-covered boards with bright gilt lettering and decoration to the corners, lightly bumped/lightly rubbed to the corners, the spine is bumped/rubbed to the ends, internally a small copperplate previous owner's name and a tiny Glasgow bookshop stamp, toned occasionally slightly foxed pages with top edge gilt, and foxing to the fore and bottom edges - a bright tight copy. Part of the Scott Library. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; Walter Scott Library .
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- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41065
- Title
- The Autocrat At the Breakfast Table
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- Walter Scott
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
The Old Bookshelf
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About the Seller
The Old Bookshelf
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute
About The Old Bookshelf
Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...