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Odyssey of Homer
by Homer, Alexander Pope
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Waynesboro, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
George Routledge and Sons, 1872. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Red brown cloth with bright gilt to spine in vg condition. Text edges soiled and text is heavily toned, spotted. Gift inscription to title page and previous owner's name and date to ffep. Hinges creak and exposed in center but still fairly tight and square.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stone Soup Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57326
- Title
- Odyssey of Homer
- Author
- Homer, Alexander Pope
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Date Published
- 1872
Terms of Sale
Stone Soup Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Stone Soup Books
Biblio member since 2015
Waynesboro, Virginia
About Stone Soup Books
Stone Soup Books, located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in downtown Waynesboro, Virginia offers brick and mortar book shopping by appointment, personalized bookselling, book scouting services, & event bookselling services. We love to connect books with people who love them.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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