The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay
by Lord Macaulay
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, 1889. Popular Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Type: Book pp XVI, 784. Half bound in red calf with marbled boards and end papers, raised bands and gilt titles to spine. School prize plate to FPD. Shows slight signs of use.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Strawberry Hill Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030283
- Title
- The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay
- Author
- Lord Macaulay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Popular Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Strawberry Hill Books
Biblio member since 2010
Rotherfield, East Sussex
About Strawberry Hill Books
Strawberry Hill Books is a UK based collectable and antiquarian book dealer with an inventory of 10K titles. Specialist areas include Fiction, Topography, History, Art and Exploration. We supply worldwide and all shipments are tracked.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Half Bound
- ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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