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Theatre Complet de J. Racine
by J. Racine
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Laplace, Sanchez, 1869. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1869. No Edition Stated. 625 pages. No dust jacket. In French. Quarter leather bound to brown boards, with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Presumed rebound. Colour illustrations throughout. Both hinges cracked. Page between front endpaper and half title missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Previous owner's name to half title page. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with large splits to joint ends. Some loss to spine head. Notable scuffing and marking to boards, with tanning to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1700237057ABS
- Title
- Theatre Complet de J. Racine
- Author
- J. Racine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Laplace, Sanchez
- Date Published
- 1869
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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