THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES THE SECOND - VOL 1 (INCOMPLETE SET)
by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1849. Hardcover. Good +. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Half brown calf with marbled paper boards, 4 raised bands on spine and leather labels. Condition is GOOD+ corners and ends of spine worn, edges shelf-worn. Cover rubbedand spine labels gone. Binding tight with a bit of giv to front hinge. Text clean and bright with some margins having a stain. Hist. Stax.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12853
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES THE SECOND - VOL 1 (INCOMPLETE SET)
- Author
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Date Published
- 1849
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Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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