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Doctor Syntax his Three Tours: Chandos Classics: In search of the Picturesque, of Consolation, of a Wife
by The Reverend Doctor Syntax (William Combe)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Black Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Undated volume, Chandos Classics Edition. 376pp illustrated with 4 colour drawings. Title label to spine, tissue guarded frontis, black endpapers. Deckled edges. Bumping to spine and corners, title label sunned, tissue guard loose and edgeworn. Endpapers foxed. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ari Dictum
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1245
- Title
- Doctor Syntax his Three Tours: Chandos Classics
- Author
- The Reverend Doctor Syntax (William Combe)
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c. 1880
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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