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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume II
by Edward Gibbon
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Henry Frowde, 1905. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1905. Reprint. 597 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Volume II. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Heavy markings all over. Water staining to front and rear boards. Textblock is shaky.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1638864509MHP
- Title
- The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume II
- Author
- Edward Gibbon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde
- Date Published
- 1905
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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:
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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