The Centaur Not Fabulous in Five Letters to a Friend, on The Life in Vogue
by Young, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: A. Millar, 1755. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair; hardcover; bound in brown leather, gilt lettering; boards slightly bowed, general shelfwear, general edgewear, rubbing and bumping on fore corners and spine edges, closed tearing on hinges, browning in interiors, ex-libris plate on front pastedown, ex-libris plate on front end paper, penciling and erased penciling on front end paper, open tears on edges of front end paper, browning and soiling in rear interior, separation from text block visible in interiors; text block age toned, penciling on half title page, occasional soiling, ink transfer throughout; xvi, 378pp. 1298369. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1298369
- Title
- The Centaur Not Fabulous in Five Letters to a Friend, on The Life in Vogue
- Author
- Young, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. Millar
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1755
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Closed Tearing
- Closed tear indicates a torn page in which no material has been lost. A closed tear can be pressed back into place or sometimes...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....