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Impressions of Theophrastus Such; Essays and Poems
by Eliot, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
A. L. Burt. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. A. L. Burt. No date in book. Circa 1900. NOT ex-library. Hardcover is half-bound in tan leather with blue-green, cream, and gold marbled paper-covered boards. Spine has five raised bands; four spine panels have gilt floral device. The other two panels have dark brown leather labels with gilt lettering: Upper label title: Geo. Eliot's Works, lower label title: Theo. Such Essays & Poems. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tissued frontispiece; 21 additional black and white plates. Binding tight. Front hinge has very light partial crack. Leather is in good condition, with some crackle and rubbing to edges and corners; partial loss of leather surface at the top eighth inch of the spine. Bottom back corner missing leather at very tip; board exposed. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Sections paginated separately: Theophrastus Such: 166 pages; Essays and Leaves from a Note-Book: 223 pages; Poetical Works: 400 pages. Title page has series name "Burt's Library of the World's Best Books" in a small illustrated medallion. No dust jacket. See our listings for other George Eliot volumes with matching bindings. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10482
- Title
- Impressions of Theophrastus Such; Essays and Poems
- Author
- Eliot, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction,Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Literature;
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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- Leaves
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Device
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- 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...
- Hinge
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- Title Page
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- Good+
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