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A Dictionary Of Latin And Greek - Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims, And Mottos
by H. T. Riley (ed.)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Bell and Sons, 1880. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1880. No edition remarks. 622 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains ex-libris plate. Pages are mildly tanned and light foxing. Moderate cracking to hinges, with mildly loose pages. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Visible thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable sunning to board edges and spine, which has notable crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707892662BWK
- Title
- A Dictionary Of Latin And Greek - Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims, And Mottos
- Author
- H. T. Riley (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Date Published
- 1880
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
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