New York: Wilmore-Andrews, 1880. Hardcover. Mild rubbing to head and foot of spine, edges, and corners of boards. Very mild and light spotting or soiling to covers. Very mild bumps to corners. Ex library bookplate to front cover verso, ex library name inscribed in pencil to front free end paper. Very mild and sparse spotting throughout. Else pages clean and binding tight. Very good.. Hardcover octavo in orange cloth boards with silver gilt spine and front cover. 263 pages; 16 cm. Mayflower Series. Memorable bookplate with lengthyy warning about how to care for books, and why owner does not loan his book. Poetry.

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Seller: Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 90340
Title: Lays of Ancient Rome; with Ivry and the Armada
Author: Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Mild rubbing to head and foot of spine, edges, and corners of boards. Very mild and light spotting or soiling to covers. Very mi
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Wilmore-Andrews
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1880

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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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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....
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...