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Goldsmith: The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society and The Deserted Village
by Oliver Goldsmith, Arthur Barrett (Edited with Introduction and Notes)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1896 Book. Fair. Brown Buckram. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Early printing of a book first published in 1888 containing two poetical works by Oliver Goldsmith, with a biographical introduction and notes to rear. 126pp. Black lettering to top board and spine. Some bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, with fraying to top and split to edge of backstrip, darkened page edges and endpapers, some underlining to the text in pencil and two former owners' names inside, otherwise fair reading copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016060
- Title
- Goldsmith: The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society and The Deserted Village
- Author
- Oliver Goldsmith, Arthur Barrett (Edited with Introduction and Notes)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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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