Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms
by Adam Smith
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No Edition Remarks. 293 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Binding remains reasonably firm. Previous owner's inscription to front end-paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has become slack on both boards with some bubbling underneath. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards are warped.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1698676114ALK
- Title
- Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms
- Author
- Adam Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press
- Date Published
- 1896
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.