Irish Essays
by Matthew Arnold
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Smith, Elder, 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1891. Popular Edition. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Light tanning to pages with annotations, marginalia and underlining in pen throughout. Moderate cracking to gutters exposing netting but pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Pencil inscriptions to title page and front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild marking and scuffing overall. Spine has moderate tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1670834089IEV
- Title
- Irish Essays
- Author
- Matthew Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder
- Date Published
- 1891
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- 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...