Everybody`s Boswell: Being the Life of Samuel Johnson Abridged From the Original Text and From the Tour to the Hebrides
by Boswell, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Bell, London, 1930, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. E. H. Shepard. Brown cloth octavo, hardcover, with bright gilt design on cover. No dj. Tape at spine edge on outside back, else VG. Previous owner's bookplate inside, else clean and unmarked. 54 illustrations by Ernest H Shepard. 609 pages.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11530
- Title
- Everybody`s Boswell: Being the Life of Samuel Johnson Abridged From the Original Text and From the Tour to the Hebrides
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Illustrator
- E. H. Shepard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bell, London, 1930
- Date Published
- 1930
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bookwitch
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Concord, California
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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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