The Essays of Elia
by Charles Lamb
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Classics Book Club, 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1941. First edition thus. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages are heavily marked with intense tanning and minor foxing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Slight cracking to gutters. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Several minor dents to board edges. Slight sunning and creasing. Gilt is dulled and worn.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1652116247LEE
- Title
- The Essays of Elia
- Author
- Charles Lamb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Classics Book Club
- Date Published
- 1941
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...