Sketches and Essays
by Hazlitt, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Templeman, 1839. Boards have some moderate wear, bumping to edges and some light rubbing. Spine is cocked, book plate to front p/d, gutters weak, but PP clean and intact.. Dec Cloth Boards. Good/No Jacket. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43049
- Title
- Sketches and Essays
- Author
- Hazlitt, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- John Templeman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 12mo
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:
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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