New York: Harper & Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1876. Hardcover. Light soiling, extremities lightly bumped and rubbed, bookplate front pastedown, previous owner's name early front ep. ; 12mo, brown cloth, gilt dec cover, gilt lettering with gilt dec spine, top edge pages gilt, beveled edges, 284pp. (uncut) , index. .

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Bookseller: Old Editions Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2066
Title: Homeric Synchronism: an Enquiry Into the Time and Place of Homer
Author: Gladstone, W. E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1876
Keywords: CLASSICAL, LITERATURE, HOMER, CRITICISM, GLADSTONE

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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...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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....
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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...