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THE STORY OF MY LIFE
by Taylor, Colonel Meadows
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Book. Good. Hardback. New Edition. 8vo. Pp. xviii, 382; colour frontispiece plate. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorated in black, good with a little rubbing to extremities, cloth a little marked, with stamped shelf no. to the base of the spine. Contents good and tight, a couple of discreet reference library stamps and associated old label and bookplate to the front end paper, pages crisp. A good tight copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024110
- Title
- THE STORY OF MY LIFE
- Author
- Taylor, Colonel Meadows
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies & Autobiographies - General;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
We are pleased to offer a full refund on any item, if it is returned within 14. If it is not as described, we will also be happy to reimburse shipping costs, otherwise we will only refund the cost of the item. The above only applies if we receive the item back in the same condition that it was sent. We are happy to send books under 1kg free in the UK
About the Seller
Loe Books
Biblio member since 2006
Launceston, Cornwall
About Loe Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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