The Paston Letters 1422-1509 AD Volume I Henry VI 1422-1461 AD
by Edited By James Gairdner
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Archibad Constable & Co Ltd, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1900. No Edition Remarks. 554 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Volume I. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil inscriptions to front endpaper with pencil marginalia throughout. Heavier rough cut edges and tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and sunning. Moderate bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Sticker and heavy sunning to spine.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1640339130GEO
- Title
- The Paston Letters 1422-1509 AD Volume I Henry VI 1422-1461 AD
- Author
- Edited By James Gairdner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Archibad Constable & Co Ltd
- Date Published
- 1900
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- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...