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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: His family-letters, with A Memoir. Vol. II
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ellis and Elvey, 1895. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1895. Limited Edition. 436 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with vellum spine strip. Numbered 15 of 50. Rough cut on two edges. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavy damp staining to both paste downs and throughout the rear of the book. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail and joints. Heavy damp staining to boards. Heavy repair attempted with thick brown tape.Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1717572172IEV
- Title
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti: His family-letters, with A Memoir. Vol. II
- Author
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ellis and Elvey
- Date Published
- 1895
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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