A Dictionary of the English Language with pronunciation greatly simplified and of an entirelt new plan: and with the addition of several thousand words
by Johnson, Samuel and Walker, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- , leather rubbed at edges and head and tail of spine, corners bumped, gilt decoration bright, crack at hinge between front blank
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by William Pickering, London, 1831 Third edition, revised and corrected. Hardback. , leather rubbed at edges and head and tail of spine, corners bumped, gilt decoration bright, crack at hinge between front blanks, light foxing to endpapers and preliminaries, interior pretty clean, book in good+ condition. Octavo. , 831 pages , original dark brown calf with gilt and blind-stamped borders to front and rear cover, gilt decoration and lettering to spine, five raised decorated bands on spine
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- Bookseller
- Keogh's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25023
- Title
- A Dictionary of the English Language with pronunciation greatly simplified and of an entirelt new plan: and with the addition of several thousand words
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel and Walker, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - , leather rubbed at edges and head and tail of spine, corners bumped, gilt decoration bright, crack at hinge between front blank
- Edition
- Third edition, revised and corrected
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- , London
- Date Published
- , 1831
- Keywords
- Johnson, Samuel and Walker, John, A Dictionary of the English Language with pronunciation greatly simplified and of an entirelt new plan: and with the addition of several thousand words
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About the Seller
Keogh's Books
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
About Keogh's Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- 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...
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