The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
by Scott, Sir Walter; Charles Eliot Norton [Introduction]; Nathan Haskell Dole [Bio]
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1894. Hardcover. Acceptable. No DJ. Suede leather covers, with areas of dirty spots. Edges worn, with more significant wearing along edge of back board. Bumped spine at top and bottom and all corners bumped. Gilt edges to text block have faded somewhat, but still shiny, however with a couple of scratches and blotches and worn through to the red edge of pages. The bottom two inches of text block has slight noticeable wave to it, at some point might have been dropped on the lower corner of book. End papers are printed with green and gold floral design. The pages have yellowed and become fragile, with small tears in middle of a page or two. Fly leaves, blank pages at the back of book, the frontis piece, and title pages are foxed and browned, with dark smudges. The whole book is reminiscent of a Bible. Between two pages there is a dark tanned spot where some kind of bookmark or something had been, leaving kind of a ghost outline.
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- Bookseller
- Quirky Used Books & More
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220603002
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter; Charles Eliot Norton [Introduction]; Nathan Haskell Dole [Bio]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 1.63 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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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