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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, with Notes, Glossary, Index of First lines and Chronological List
by Robert Burns, J Logie Robertson (Ed)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, Humphre Milford, 1917 Book. Fair. Red Leather Boards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Oxford Edition. 635pp. Red padded leather with gilt border, gilt lettering to front board, bands and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, rounded corners and decorated endpapers with gilt borders. Engraved portrait by Rogers to frontis. Bumping and rubbing to spine and edges, spine faded, 4" and 2" splits to base of backstrip, exposing wadding, therefore fair copy. Internally text block uninscribed, very good..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008334
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, with Notes, Glossary, Index of First lines and Chronological List
- Author
- Robert Burns, J Logie Robertson (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Humphre Milford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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