Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M.P. and Other Reminiscences
by John Kent; Editor: Francis Lawley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Publisher's tan cloth with decorative gilt crest to front cover and gilt title to spine. No dust jacket. Shelf wear/bumping. Small tears to haed and tail of spine. Front hinge cracked. Gutter weakened. Marginal toning. Previous owner's name, stamp and date on FEP. 482 pages, with 24 publication pages in rear, 23 cm.
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- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2306210093
- Title
- Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M.P. and Other Reminiscences
- Author
- John Kent; Editor: Francis Lawley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1892
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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