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Catherine: A Story; Men's Wives and the Bedford-Row Conspiracy
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Smith, Elder & Co., 1902. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1902. No Edition Remarks. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Faint brown marking to edges of pages, text is not affected. Slight cracking to front hinge. Binding remains firm. Water staining to text-block edges. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Boards are noticeably bowed to bottom edge. Notable water staining to bottom edges.
Synopsis
At that famous period of history, when the seventeenth century (after a deal of quarrelling, king-killing, reforming, republicanising, restoring, re-restoring, play-writing, sermon- writing, Oliver-Cromwellising, Stuartising, and Orangising, to be sure) had sunk into its grave, giving place to the lusty eighteenth; when Mr. Isaac Newton was a tutor of Trinity, and Mr. Joseph Addison Commissioner of Appeals; when the presiding genius that watched over the destinies of the French nation had played out all the best cards in his hand, and his adversaries began to pour in their trumps; when there were two kings in Spain employed perpetually in running away from one another; when there was a queen in England, with such rogues for Ministers as have never been seen, no, not in our own day; and a General, of whom it may be severely argued, whether he was the meanest miser or the greatest hero in the world; when Mrs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1629141134DPB
- Title
- Catherine: A Story; Men's Wives and the Bedford-Row Conspiracy
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Date Published
- 1902
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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