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TITLES OF HONOR
by John Selden
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: John Leigh, 1672. Third edition. Hardcover. Good +. 756 pages. 8 x 12 1/2 in. Several full page and many small illustrations. Black half calf binding with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, five raised bands, edges of text block tinted yellow. Condition of the book is GOOD+: wear to spine and covers esp. corners, spine is missing a corner, split in half and is almost detached, hinges cracked, covers separated but still attached, corners bent, some nicks to leather, boards worn.. Top edge of text block slightly darkened, light foxing on edges of text, pages very clean, illustrations clean.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1517
- Title
- TITLES OF HONOR
- Author
- John Selden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- John Leigh
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1672
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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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