The Four Georges.
by Thackeray, W M:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Smith, Elder and co, 1862. Early edition. 8vo, 226pp. 2 plates, text illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt titling to spine. Binding rubbed and slightly cocked, front hinge repaired, preliminary pages foxed, bookplates to front endpapers. Overall a good minus copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12001
- Title
- The Four Georges.
- Author
- Thackeray, W M:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Smith, Elder and co, 1862.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...