Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1843. 6th Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound brown leather with light brown cloth boards. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are mildly foxed & tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding is firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping and scuffing to corners, crushing & peeling to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering darkened. Prominent ring mark to front board. Noticeable red marks to rear board.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1676308333RST
Title: Lays of Ancient Rome
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
Date Published: 1843

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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...
Half Bound: ...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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....