The History of the Highland Clearances; Containing a Reprint of Donald MacLeod's Gloomy Memories of the Highlands, Isle of Skye in 1882 and a Verbatim Report of the Trial of the Braes Crofters
by Mackenzie, Alexander
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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About This Item
Inverness: A. & W. Mackenzie, 1883. Boards rubbed and faded, chipping and loss of colour to board edges, spine darkened and chipped. Rather shaken, gutters cracked throughout, endpapers foxed, pages clean and bright. Owner name to fly title.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Title
- The History of the Highland Clearances; Containing a Reprint of Donald MacLeod's Gloomy Memories of the Highlands, Isle of Skye in 1882 and a Verbatim Report of the Trial of the Braes Crofters
- Author
- Mackenzie, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- A. & W. Mackenzie
- Place of Publication
- Inverness
- Date Published
- 1883
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scotland;
- Size
- 8vo
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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