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Poems of Wordsworth
by Matthew Arnold
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan and Co, 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. No Edition Noted. 331 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Sticker and pen inscriptions to front endpaper and visible dog-eared pages throughout. Rough cut edges to text block and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. There is cracks to guttering. Boards have visible edge wear and rubbing. Moderate bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Visible rubbing to spine and book is forward leaning..
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1649851083CHR
- Title
- Poems of Wordsworth
- Author
- Matthew Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Date Published
- 1903
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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