The Poetical Works of William Shenstone
by William Shenstone
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Suttaby, Evance & Fox, 1812. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1812. No Edition Remarks. 261 pages. Fully bound in red leather with gilt decoration. Marbled end papers. Pages are moderately tanned, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Some occasional foxing, particularly at the end. Patch of insect damage up until the contents page. Page iv becoming loose.Presentation plate to front paste-down. Hinges are cracked. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. A small amount of peeling and loss to leather at spine joints. Staining and scratching to boards. Gilt darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1699611803LEE
- Title
- The Poetical Works of William Shenstone
- Author
- William Shenstone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Suttaby, Evance & Fox
- Date Published
- 1812
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...