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Plutarch's Lives; Volume 2
by Dryden, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
NY: James B. Millar & Co., 1885 584pp. Tips are bumped and rubbed. Spine ends are bumped, rubbed, and spine heel is lightly frayed. Light shelf wear to edges of boards. Edges of text block have dust staining and top gilt edge has lightl scratches. Damp staining to foredge and lower edge of text block. Several stains on front board and a few small stains on rear board. Former owner bookplate inside cfront board. Light staining to endpapers and first few pages. Inside boards have small glue bubbles that have caused creases to the outside portions of the text block. Pages are toning along the edges and have light foxing. Spine is cocked and shaken. Front hinge is weak and slightly open near the spine ends, Text is unmarked. . Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27289
- Title
- Plutarch's Lives; Volume 2
- Author
- Dryden, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- James B. Millar & Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1885
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: Ancient;
Terms of Sale
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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