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The Lives Of Dr. John Doone; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; And Dr. Robert Sanderson
by Izaak Walton
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1857. New Edition. 426 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, Pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Plates are lightly tanned with some foxing. Previous owner's inscriptions and stamp to front pastedown, endpaper and title page. Stains and markings to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with light crushing to spine ends causing fraying to cloth. Wear marks overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1629898151BTH
- Title
- The Lives Of Dr. John Doone; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; And Dr. Robert Sanderson
- Author
- Izaak Walton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Date Published
- 1857
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
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