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Oure Tounis Colledge Sketches Of The History Of The Old College Of Edinburgh
by John Harrison
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Blackwood & Sons, 1884. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1884. No Edition Stated. 166 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Publisher's adverts to rear. Pages have deckled edges. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting, however text block remains firm. Text block edges rather dusty. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright.
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- Seller
- World of Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1629881419BWT
- Title
- Oure Tounis Colledge Sketches Of The History Of The Old College Of Edinburgh
- Author
- John Harrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood & Sons
- Date Published
- 1884
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- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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...