Echoes from Old Calcutta: Being Chiefly Reminiscences of the Days of Warren Hastings, Francis, and Impey
by Busteed, H. E
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: W. Thacker & Co, 1908. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. T.H. Lewin's bookplate to front paste down. Inscription to half title page that reads 'Charles m. lewin from his father with love, 16.9.08' previous owners has also written a Jeremy Taylor quote to half title page. Rubbing to head and tail of spine and edges of boards. Corners of boards a little bumped. Cloth to front and rear boards is mottled with some spotting.
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- Bookseller
- Fireside Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040573
- Title
- Echoes from Old Calcutta: Being Chiefly Reminiscences of the Days of Warren Hastings, Francis, and Impey
- Author
- Busteed, H. E
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Thacker & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- INDIA;
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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....
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