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Old Glasgow and Its Environs, Historical and Topographical
by Senex
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
David Robertson, 1864. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1864. No Edition Remarks. 447 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Decorated black cloth. With fold-out map - heavily damaged. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Dark rubbed marking to pastedowns and endpapers. Heavy tears and creasing to fold-out map. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Library stickers and tape to spine. Mild tanning to spine and edges.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1657538048BTB
- Title
- Old Glasgow and Its Environs, Historical and Topographical
- Author
- Senex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- David Robertson
- Date Published
- 1864
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
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