Charles Lamb's Essays
by Lamb, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Little, Bown, & Company, 1899. Book. Good +. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce edition. Brown cloth with gilt decoration on front, gilt titles & decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Wear, aging, soiling to covers. Binding is firm. Spine is moderately shaken. Front hinge is sprung with crash visible at front gutter. Play to rear hinge with cracking at gutter. Soiling to endpapers; otherwise interior is age toned, free of markings, with age spotting/flecking in margins throughout, bruising to upper page corners at center of text. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 085696
- Title
- Charles Lamb's Essays
- Author
- Lamb, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Publisher
- Little, Bown, & Company
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
Small World Books, LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2011
Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...