HISTORY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF ANCIENT BOOKS TO MODERN TIMES
by TAYLOR, ISAAC:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Edward Howell Liverpool 1879. new edition, green cloth with gilt to spine & black decorative boards, xii 401pp, VG-(sl cocked, v sl scuffed corners, sl edgewear with sl surface loos to top front board, sl rubbed, sl internal seperation at hinges, v sl foxing to text edges, some pencil undelinings)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
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- Title
- HISTORY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF ANCIENT BOOKS TO MODERN TIMES
- Author
- TAYLOR, ISAAC:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edward Howell Liverpool 1879
- Keywords
- history ancient books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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"...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...