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Holly Berries: Or Double Acrostics, from the Poets.
by A. P. A. (Ed.)
- Used
- acceptable
- hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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$42.82
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About This Item
Hatchards, 1869. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1869. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Ivory cloth with colour decoration ad lettering to front, gilt lettering to spine. Pages remain mostly clear and bright with minimal tanning and foxing throughout, moderate occasional marking. Previous owners inscription to title page which is partially detached. Rear hinge is cracked and webbing exposed hence text block is loose. Boards are heavily marked and stained and have moderate edge wear, heavy bumping and fraying to corners, heavy wear, crushing, fraying and splits to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 1582712087MHA
- Title
- Holly Berries: Or Double Acrostics, from the Poets.
- Author
- A. P. A. (Ed.)
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hatchards
- Date published
- 1869
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...[more]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...[more]
- title page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...[more]
- 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....[more]
- acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...[more]
- 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...[more]
- hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...[more]
- text block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a...[more]
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