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Boswell In Holland 1763-1764. Including His Correspondence With Belle De Zuylen
by BOSWELL, JAMES
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1952. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket . In very good slip-case. SMALL QUARTO. - Deluxe Edition - No. 237 of an edition of 1050 - Bound in quater vellum over dark blue cloth w/ leather title labl to spine and gilt design to upper board - Top edge of text block gilt w/ fore and bottom edge deckled - Boards slightly worn w/ spine a little tanned - Content lightly toned - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - Sticker reading 237 to top front corner of slip case - Slip case slightly shelf worn w/ edges a little rubbed - xix,428 pages
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- Title
- Boswell In Holland 1763-1764. Including His Correspondence With Belle De Zuylen
- Author
- BOSWELL, JAMES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- In very good slip-case
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Hay on Wye, Powys
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vellum
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- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- 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....
- Cloth
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