England In The Eighteenth Century
by Roy Porter
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Folio Society, 1998. Hardcover. Good. 1998. This Edition. 528 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Blue slipcase. Black and white and colour illustrated plates. Pages and plates are bright and clear with light scuffing to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning. Spine has subtle tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Slipcase is lightly scuffed and sunned.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1691048788TMB
- Title
- England In The Eighteenth Century
- Author
- Roy Porter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Date Published
- 1998
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....