Praeterita: Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life - Three Volumes.
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington and 156 Charing Cross Road, 1899. Blue leather, AEG, blue marbled endpapers. Spines lightly sunned and rather scuffed/chipped. Board corners lightly bumped, edges lightly chipped. Book plates to front pastedown and front endpaper of vol 1, otherwise contents VG, textblocks clean and tight, pages clean and tidy.. Full Leather. Very Good Minus. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59688
- Title
- Praeterita: Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life - Three Volumes.
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Publisher
- George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington and 156 Charing Cross Road
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 12mo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
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
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...