The Heritage of the English Library
by Irwin, Raymond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
George Allen & Unwin. Used - Very Good. 1964. First Edition. Cloth, dust jacket, octavo, 296 pp. Slight shelf wear to jacket lightly sunned at spine. Near fine. (Subject: Books on Books.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q06345
- Title
- The Heritage of the English Library
- Author
- Irwin, Raymond
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
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About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....