The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume IV [Hardcover] Edward Gibbon, Esq
by Edward Gibbon, Esq
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Good. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. 1865, volume 4 only, of six orig. volumes. 636pps. Fair on the outside, good inside. Discolored and chipped full leather, black titling and volume panels with gilt legible and good. Lacking top inch and 1/8th at head of spine of leather ext. spine strip only. Binding remarkably good. Notes by Rev. MILMAN as issued. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Tight, bright
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- Bookseller
- Station North Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0308T968601
- Title
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume IV [Hardcover] Edward Gibbon, Esq
- Author
- Edward Gibbon, Esq
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Station North Books
Biblio member since 2006
Baltimore, Maryland
About Station North Books
I grade conservatively, personally inspecting all the books and trying to describe their condition so you have no surprises. I aim to underpromise and overdeliver. My best feedback is the (more than) one that says, "Better than described!" I have been collecting books for years and sharing story and ideas as an English teacher since 1987. Ned at NedSparrow.com
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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...