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India: Facsimile Publisher. Second Edition. Hardback. Very Good +. Facsimile of the 1876 second edition of Veritas by Henry Melville. Leatherbound copy from Facsimile Publisher with gilt particulars and two raised bands to spine; decorative gilt debossed rule in decorative brown debossed rule to boards with gilt particulars to front board. All edges gilt, red silk bookmarker and decorative endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gilt text block has light shelf wear. Boards are clean and bright with black mark to headcap of spine; corners bumped. Binding is tight and square.
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- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64436
- Title
- VERITAS
- Author
- Melville, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Facsimile Publisher
- Place of Publication
- India
- Keywords
- Metaphysical
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Atlanta Vintage Books
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Chamblee, Georgia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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....