The Golden Treasury of Scottish Poetry
by Hugh MacDiarmid
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The MacMillan Company, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. First Published. 415 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decorations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1658916521ADA
- Title
- The Golden Treasury of Scottish Poetry
- Author
- Hugh MacDiarmid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...