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Border Memories; or, Sketches of Prominent Men and Women of the Border
by Walter Riddell Carre
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
James Thin., 1876. Hardcover. Good. 1876. No edition remarks. 371 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration to front board and spine. Edited by James Tait. Contains ex-libris plate. Gilt upper text block edge. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Mild cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Mild thumb-marking present. Scratching to gilt upper text block edge. Mild tanning and foxing to text block edges. Minor scuffing to rear hinge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scratching and marking to boards, with droplet marking present. Mild tanning to spine, which has notable crushing and wear to ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690781406ALK
- Title
- Border Memories; or, Sketches of Prominent Men and Women of the Border
- Author
- Walter Riddell Carre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Thin.
- Date Published
- 1876
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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