THE YEAR BOOK OF DAILY RECREATION AND INFORMATION CONCERNING REMARKABLE MEN, MANNERS, TIMES, SEASONS, SOLEMNITIES, MERRY-MAKINGS, ANTIQUITIES AND NOVELTIES, FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR; AND A PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANAC
by William Hone
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
William Tegg, London, 1878. 8vo in 1/4 calf with gilt spine decorations and marbled text block. 856 pp. Moderate edgewear. Spine leather cracked. Water stain to rear board. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Foxing to endpapers and very sporadically throughout the text, which is otherwise clean.. Hardcover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Time
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042720-04LS
- Title
- THE YEAR BOOK OF DAILY RECREATION AND INFORMATION CONCERNING REMARKABLE MEN, MANNERS, TIMES, SEASONS, SOLEMNITIES, MERRY-MAKINGS, ANTIQUITIES AND NOVELTIES, FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR; AND A PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANAC
- Author
- William Hone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Tegg, London
- Date Published
- 1878
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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....
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
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