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THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY: Glory of the Hellenic World
by Edward Alexander Parsons
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: The Elsevier Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. 468 pages. 6 x 9 in. Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering, top edge of text block tinted grey, several b&w illustrations + 2 fold out maps at rear. Condition of the book is GOOD: light wear and soiling overall, lower spine end lightly bumped, white stain on rear cover, small brown stain on lower spine end, hinge cracked at front, edges of text block lightly tanned and foxed, top edge foxed, pages clean, binding loose but sound. Condition of the dustjacket is GOOD: light wear overall- heavier to edges with several rips and tears and a few small pieces missing, larger piece missing from lower spine end, light foxing overall, spine darkened, in new mylar wrapper. Ancient Hist. RGR
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5773
- Title
- THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY
- Author
- Edward Alexander Parsons
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Elsevier Press
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient History;
Terms of Sale
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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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