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The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, with the Story of Iris
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Sampson Low, Son & Co, 1860. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 286pp, 16pp publisher's ads. Blue cloth-covered boards, blind-embossed design all around, reverse titles gilt spine label. Fore text block edge untrimmed. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth worn through, loss to fore edge of front board. Top text block edge dust damaged, remaining edges starting to tan. Top and fore edges of endpapers water stained; front hinge cracking and stretching, volume loose. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Otherwise, internally neat and clean
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022784
- Title
- The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, with the Story of Iris
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Son & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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