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The Life of W. J. Fox, Public Teacher & Social Reformer 1786-1864
by Garnett, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Bodley Head. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardback. Blue cloth boards bumped on corners, slightly marked on both boards, sunned on spine and at top-edge of rear panel, slight age-toning at edges and down spine; Pages age-toned and lightly foxed on endpapers, rough-cut bottom and fore-edges, top gilt edge a touch tarnished, more significant foxing on title page/frontispiece and tissue guard, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, embossed review copy stamp on title page, sparse B&W plates, all present; Binding tight. ; 6 x 9"; 339 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Walden Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52803
- Title
- The Life of W. J. Fox, Public Teacher & Social Reformer 1786-1864
- Author
- Garnett, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1910
Terms of Sale
Walden Books
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About the Seller
Walden Books
Biblio member since 2010
London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
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- 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...
- 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...
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