The Complete Works of William Shakespeare from the Text of Johnson, Steevens and Reed with Biographical Sketch
by Mary Cowden Clarke
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William P. Nimmo, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 715 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Major tanning to text block edges. Boards have light rubbing and visible edge wear. Minor bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends as well.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623184448LEE
- Title
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare from the Text of Johnson, Steevens and Reed with Biographical Sketch
- Author
- Mary Cowden Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William P. Nimmo
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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,...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...