A history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to hi sson, to which are added two letters on the study and biography of the Ancient and Modern British Historians [volume 1].
by [Oliver Goldsmith]:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: printed for G G J and J Robinson (etc), 1793. New edition (hardback), volume 1 (of 2) only. 12mo, title, iv, 347pp. Full brown calf. This copy is only in fair condition - the binding is worn (heavily rubbed, lacks the leather covering from the lower half of the spine), the endpapers are foxed, and there is staining to the upper corner of the first 50 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17656
- Title
- A history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to hi sson, to which are added two letters on the study and biography of the Ancient and Modern British Historians [volume 1].
- Author
- [Oliver Goldsmith]:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: printed for G G J and J Robinson (etc), 1793.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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