Lucrezia Borgia
by Haslip, Joan
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell & Company Limited. Good. 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Blue cloth with gilt titles to sunned spine. Very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's signature to upper ffep. 279 pages with very light foxing to page edges, otherwise clean and tightly bound. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112210
- Title
- Lucrezia Borgia
- Author
- Haslip, Joan
- Illustrator
- 8 pages of Half-tone Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
CHARLES BOSSOM
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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