THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME.
by a Beckett, Gilbert Abbott
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stockton, California, United States
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About This Item
Pages 308 pp.8vo. Original green cloth binding stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. 1st edition. Illustrated with 10 hand-colored steel engravings and numerous wood cuts by John Leech. Inner hinges tender, text block shaken, else in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Maxwell's Bookmark (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27947
- Title
- THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME.
- Author
- a Beckett, Gilbert Abbott
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Bradbury, Evans (n.d. circa 1870.)
Terms of Sale
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Returnable for any reason within 7 days of receipt
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Biblio member since 2005
Stockton, California
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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....