THE LIFE & TIMES OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
by FORSTER, John
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- Hardcover
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Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ward, Lock, & Co. London.1890. Hardback without dustwrapper. Reprint 8vo. xxxii, pp472. 1/2 calf to marbled boards. Gilt stamped to decorated spine & label. Raised bands. All edges & eps marbled. Superficial wear to lower spine, corners bumped. A totally sound copy from the Minerva Library of Famous Books series. Four books, one vol. as per the earlier, 4th, edn.
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- Bookseller
- Russell Needham Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1351
- Title
- THE LIFE & TIMES OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
- Author
- FORSTER, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock, & Co. London.1890.
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY LEATHER CALF BINDING GOLDSMITH 19TH CENTURY
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Marbled boards
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- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...