A Collection of College Words and Customs
by Hall, B. H
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: John Bartlett, 1856. Revised and enlarged edition, 1856. Encyclopedic reference including both technical and colloquial terms and definitions. Brown blind stamped cloth with gilt spien lettering, 508 pages including a list of American colleges. Covers rubbed with chipping to the extremities, good hinges, text block sound but not tight, names on front free endpaper and preliminary blank, pages clean with no other names or markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034610
- Title
- A Collection of College Words and Customs
- Author
- Hall, B. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- John Bartlett
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HIGHER EDUCATION CUSTOMS
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography; Education, Schools, Colleges, Text & Lesson-Books;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...