STUDIES IN HONOR OF A. MARSHALL ELLIOTT (VOLUMES I AND II)
by Various Authors
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press "There have been collected in the accompanying volume a set of studies prepared by present or former members of the department of Romance Languages in the Johns Hopkins University and recent lecturers before that department. These studies were planned to celebrate the completion of Professor Elliott's thirty-fifth year of service in the University, and were to be offered to him as a mark of his pupils' esteem for their teacher and an evidence of the profit they have derived from his scholarly example." Volume I: 450 pp. Fold-out map. Volume II: 334 pp. Brown cloth covers with gilt title lettering on front and faded lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, wear to cover faces. Spines are darkened, spine ends are bent and fraying. Volume II front cover is slighly warped and doesn't rest flat on interior of book. Page edges are browning with foxing spots. Endpapers are heavily foxed. Interior pages are browning along edges, some foxing spots. Books are in VG- condition.. Cloth. Very Good-. Illus. by Fold Out Map. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Memoir.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006709
- Title
- STUDIES IN HONOR OF A. MARSHALL ELLIOTT (VOLUMES I AND II)
- Author
- Various Authors
- Illustrator
- Fold Out Map
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Keywords
- Memoir, Essays, Romantic Languages, Education
- Bookseller catalogs
- Foreign Text; Education;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2"
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Princeton, New Jersey
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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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...