A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge
by Brande, W. T
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1843. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown leather over boards. Boards have some scratches. Edges have decorative gilt, with much of it rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed to the boards. Spine has gilt bands. Red leather label on spine with gilt lettering. Marbled edges. Very small bookworm damage on front pastedown and first few pages to title page. Endpapers foxed. Pages are quite bright with little foxing. Text in double columns.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 075349
- Title
- A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge
- Author
- Brande, W. T
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1843
- Pages
- 1352
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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About the Seller
Bearly Read Books
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Sudbury, Massachusetts
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...