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Danesbury House
by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
James Nisbet & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 367 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Stains and markings to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Medium crushing to spine ends causing fraying to cloth. Mottling to front board. Wear marks and slight stains overall. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Front board is slightly warped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1630586307IEV
- Title
- Danesbury House
- Author
- Mrs. Henry Wood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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