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The Boyhood of Martin Luther - A Tale of the Early Life of the Great Reformer by Henry Mayhew
by Henry Mayhew
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Gall and Inglis, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated grey cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and visible tanning to text block edges. Sticker to rear endpaper and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have moderate rubbing and sunning along with light water marks to front. Heavy bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends with distinctive sunning to spine as well. Binding is also very loose.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1621964294EWY
- Title
- The Boyhood of Martin Luther - A Tale of the Early Life of the Great Reformer by Henry Mayhew
- Author
- Henry Mayhew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gall and Inglis
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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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