George Washington: Patriot, General, Statesman and Father of His Country
by John S. C. Abbott
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ward, Lock & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 360 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to top corner of last few pages, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to cloth to spine. Water staining to rear board. Boards are warped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1648649670GEO
- Title
- George Washington: Patriot, General, Statesman and Father of His Country
- Author
- John S. C. Abbott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co.
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...