The Comical Romance, and Other Tales. Vol.II
by Paul Scarron
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. No Edition Remarks. 329 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Volume II. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and label markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Rough cut pages with top textblock edge dyed gilt. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1712240575LEE
- Title
- The Comical Romance, and Other Tales. Vol.II
- Author
- Paul Scarron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lawrence and Bullen
- Date Published
- 1892
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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
- "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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...