Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
by Smith, William (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Nice copy
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Walton & Maberly & John Murray, 1856. 2nd edition. Nice copy. octavo. library cloth xii + 1293pp., text ills., index, Nicely rebound in brown buckram with titles at spine. College library label on front paste-down & small barcode & cancel stamp on rear end paper. Some occasional light foxing to first few pages o/w a very nice bright, tight copy
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128382
- Title
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
- Author
- Smith, William (ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walton & Maberly & John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics, Greek & Roman;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andrew Barnes Booksellers
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MELBOURNE, Victoria
About Andrew Barnes Booksellers
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...