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The Works of Rabelais, Faithfully Translated From the French With Variorum Notes and Numerous Illustrations by Gustave Dore
by Francois Rabelais
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Camden Hotten, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 640 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Illustrations by Gustave Dore. Book has been rebound. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to first and last few pages. Light thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1650652931BLG
- Title
- The Works of Rabelais, Faithfully Translated From the French With Variorum Notes and Numerous Illustrations by Gustave Dore
- Author
- Francois Rabelais
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Camden Hotten
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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