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Historical Guide To The Palace And Abbey Of Holyrood, and An Historical Description Of Westminster Abbey
by No Author Stated
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Duncan Anderson, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. And An Historical Description Of Westminster Abbey. Paired books rebound into one. Dark brown quarter bound cloth with green paper-covered boards. Paginated separately: 94 and 200. Pages of first book are moderate tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's name and pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Small tear to page 94. Pages of second book are heavily tanned and foxed, with notable tearing to pages 177-180. Loss to page 31. Visible thumb-marking and water staining throughout. Curling to lower edges, with a few nicks to text block edges. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with noticeable bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and considerate rub wear to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine. Slight forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1691573462DPB
- Title
- Historical Guide To The Palace And Abbey Of Holyrood, and An Historical Description Of Westminster Abbey
- Author
- No Author Stated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duncan Anderson
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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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