London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle. Fair with no dust jacket. 1874. New Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library rubber stamps. Gutters broken at hinges. 1" by 1/2" chip to centre of spine cloth. 3/8" tear and 1/4" chip to spine cloth. 3/8" chips to cloth at corners of boards. Hinges weak. Binding shaky. ; viii, 323 pages. Green cloth boards with gilt decoration. Dimensions: 6 7/8" by 4 3/4". All page edges gilt. "The glare of the day was gone, though it was still broad day-light." - opening sentence. ; Ex-Library; 8vo .

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Seller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Seller's Inventory #: 4963
Title: Persis; A Narrative of the Seventeenth Century
Author: Tayler, Charles B. (Rev.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition: New Edition
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1874

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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.

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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"...
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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....
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...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...