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Around and About Old England
by Mateaux, Clara L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company , 1892. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/None. 248 pages, hardcover. Gilt titles and embossed decoration to spine. Children's book on English history. Pasted color illustration to front panel. Heavy bumping and chipping to front and rear panels, mostly to fore edge and corners. Pasted advertisement to rear panel. Minor fading and bumping to spine. Small stain to lower right front panel. Moderate age toning to prelim pages. Age toning to text block edges. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Scarce. A tight copy. Record # 952447
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 952447
- Title
- Around and About Old England
- Author
- Mateaux, Clara L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 2nd
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Childrens, Nonfiction, , .
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Browsing Is Arousing
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Middlebury, Vermont
About Browsing Is Arousing
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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