The English Language; Its Grammar, History and Literature
by J. M. D. Meiklejohn
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Meiklejohn and Holden, 1907. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1907. No edition remarks. 466 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Heavy tanning to endpapers. Notable cracking to gutters. Previous owner's inscription and mild clipping to front endpaper. Moderate thumb-marking present. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Binding is shaky.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1705655421IEV
- Title
- The English Language; Its Grammar, History and Literature
- Author
- J. M. D. Meiklejohn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Meiklejohn and Holden
- Date Published
- 1907
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...