New York: The Perkins Book Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Red leather back red cloth over boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Lightly rubbed and soiled, with small chip to leather at upper spine end. Gilt topped text block. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned; some pages still uncut. B/w illustrations. Bookplate to front pastedown. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 331 pages .

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Bookseller: Old Editions Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9392
Title: Charlemagne (Charles the Great)
Author: Hodgkin, Thomas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Perkins Book Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1902
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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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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....
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...