The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott: Volume XVI: Life of Napoleon
by Walter Scott
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Robert Cadell, 1849. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1849. 412 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Large chip to spine head. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1706872312CAB
- Title
- The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott: Volume XVI: Life of Napoleon
- Author
- Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Cadell
- Date Published
- 1849
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....