The Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith
by OLiver Goldsmith
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Tauchnitz, 1842. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1842. No Edition Remarks. 399 pages. No dust jacket. Marbled cloth. Heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Cracking to hinges, causing boards to be loose. Water stains throughout. Front endpaper is missing and frontispiece is detached. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm with tanning to boards surfaces.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1669389845GEO
- Title
- The Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith
- Author
- OLiver Goldsmith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Tauchnitz
- Date Published
- 1842
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...