Cassell's Saturday Journal: A magazine of Useful and Entertaining Literature for the Homes of the People : October 1890 to September 1891
by VARIOUS
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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GLEBE, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
UK: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1890s. hardcover. good. Hardcover in good condition. Quarto. Spine intact, binding still complete but page block dropped. Red cloth cover, worn and bumped around board edges. Water staining to boards and early and rear pages, staining area pink. Insect damage to endpapers, foxing to early/rear pages but text mostly clean. No annotations. Page block edges browned and foxed. Some small tears/creasing to pages. Gutter cracked, exposing binding and few early pages loose. Includes sections on Stories; Poerty' Men and Manners; Puzzles; How It Is Done; and Undercurrents of London Life. Includes B/W illustrations. Rubbing to front cover, spine edges bumped. Page edges browned, foxing throughout. Ocassional loose page, o/wsie a charming book Sappho - Behind desk rhia 10/10. Stock take Raq 04/11. rhia 03/13 Cathal 03/20 Cathal 3/23
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sappho Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58486
- Title
- Cassell's Saturday Journal: A magazine of Useful and Entertaining Literature for the Homes of the People : October 1890 to September 1891
- Author
- VARIOUS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell and Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1890s
- Pages
- 1248 pp.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sappho Books
Biblio member since 2022
GLEBE, New South Wales
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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