Boston: Aldine Book Publishing Co., 1900. Hardcover. Good. No date circa 1900, good + green cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) with gilt letter and cameo to spine and top page edges gilt shows some rubbing and soil to covers, bumping to corners, light soil at page edges, short closed tear at fore edge of front end paper, previous owner book plate at front paste down, some browning at frontispiece, and wear at hinges causing soem mild tearing. Combines for over 800 pages with illustrated plates. Very presentable copy of this illustrated Sterling edition is still tight and clean.

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Bookseller: Barker Books & Vintage (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13262
Title: Roundabout Papers
Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Aldine Book Publishing Co.
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1900
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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...