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Irish Lives: Biographies of Fifty Famous Irish Men and Women; Written by Bernard Share; Designed by William Bolger
by Share, Bernard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/very good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Dublin, IR: Allen Figgis & Co, 1974. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Second edition. 420 p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes index. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: lightly soiled and rubbed; chip at head of spine; lightly sunned along edges.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010587
- Title
- Irish Lives: Biographies of Fifty Famous Irish Men and Women; Written by Bernard Share; Designed by William Bolger
- Author
- Share, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Allen Figgis & Co
- Place of Publication
- Dublin, IR
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
Terms of Sale
Classic Books and Ephemera
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
About Classic Books and Ephemera
We have a large stock, focusing primarily, but by no means exclusively, on 16th- to mid-19th-century books in English, French, and German in the fields of history, travel, and the arts, and children's books; late 19th- and early 20th-century military prints and postcards; and manuscripts, deeds, maps, and printed ephemera of all periods and disciplines.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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