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BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE: INCLUDING A TRANSCRIPT FROM EURIPIDES Balaustion's Adventure: Including a Transcript from Euripides. First U. S. Edition, 1871.
by Robert Browning
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Company. 1871. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good+ in full morocco binding. Front hinge cracked. Spine cocked. Light foxing throughout text block. Shelfwear on spine crown and heel and panel corners. Small stain on front panel. .
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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306908
- Title
- BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE: INCLUDING A TRANSCRIPT FROM EURIPIDES Balaustion's Adventure: Including a Transcript from Euripides. First U. S. Edition, 1871.
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- 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....
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