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The World's Greatest Books VOL XII MODERN HISTORY
by Mee, Arthur; Hammerton, J.A.; And McClure, S.S.--Editors
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 1910 Publication of "The World's Greatest Books" Volume XII, of 20 volume set, is a compendium of the world's best literature in a form accessible to everyone and still faithful to its originals. Navy cloth binding with lamp of knowledge embossed and blind-stamped on front, lamp of knowledge and panels gilt outlined on spine with gilt lettering; pale bluish spotting on front, otherwise clean, with light edge-wear and spine end wear. Tight and solid and square with sewn binding. Text block edges foxed. Pages clean, occasional smudges, no underlining or marking of text. Frontis: Portrait of John Lothrop Motley. Writings by Sameul Eliot and W.H.Prescott on American History; Edward Hyde, Lord Macaulay, Henry Buckle and Walter Bagehot on England; Voltaire, de Tocqueville, Francois Mignet, Carlyle, Lamartine, H.A.Taine on France; Thomas Carlyle on Germany; George Finlay on Greece; J.L.Motley on Holland; Mountstuart Elphinstone on India; Voltaire on Russia under Peter the Great; W.H.Prescott on Spain; Voltaire on Sweden; Henry Milman and Leopold Von Ranke on the Papacy. 312 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. 1910, McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, New York, New York, USA
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016167
- Title
- The World's Greatest Books VOL XII MODERN HISTORY
- Author
- Mee, Arthur; Hammerton, J.A.; And McClure, S.S.--Editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY, MODERN; EUROPEAN; AMERICAN; RUSSIA; PAPACY, HISTORY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. World;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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