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Letters of James Boswell to the Rev. W.J. Temple
by Boswell, James; Introduction by Thomas Seccombe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed first edition, 1908, hardcover with blue cloth boards, octavo, 348pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book VG with rubbing and mild edgewear to boards and spine, joints gently rubbed, binding tight, endpapers and edges of text block foxed, otherwise clean and unmarked but toned throughout, with handsome gilt to top edge of text block. No DJ.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B39766
- Title
- Letters of James Boswell to the Rev. W.J. Temple
- Author
- Boswell, James; Introduction by Thomas Seccombe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Scotland, Boswell
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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 book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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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