The four Georges & the English humourists of the eighteenth century (The pocket edition of W.M. Thackeray's works)
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Smith, Elder & Co, 1888. Hardcover. Good. 1888. Pocket Edition. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Marble paper covered boards with red cloth spine. Contains black & white illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Text is clear. Binding is slightly shaky , however pages remain attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1656512199LEE
- Title
- The four Georges & the English humourists of the eighteenth century (The pocket edition of W.M. Thackeray's works)
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Date Published
- 1888
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.