The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Volume I
by William Shakespeare
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1843. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1843. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. Volume I. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Dark staining to edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Leather peeling to spine and corners, with noticeable scuffing and scratches overall. Slight loss to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1640335647EMB
- Title
- The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Volume I
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Date Published
- 1843
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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 Bound
- ...
- 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...