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The Editor's Introduction; Reader's Guide; Indexes
by Charles W. Eliot (Ed.)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
P. F. Collier & Son, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1959. 52nd Printing. 474 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. White marks to boards. Textblock is shaky.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1650655372BDB
- Title
- The Editor's Introduction; Reader's Guide; Indexes
- Author
- Charles W. Eliot (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son
- Date Published
- 1959
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:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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