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The Coin Collector's Manual (Vol. 2)
by H. Noel Humphreys
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Bell & Sons, 1897. Hardcover. Good. 1897. No edition remarks. 726 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout, including frontispiece. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Mild cracking to gutters. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers. Mild cracking to front hinge. Mild tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate scratching and marking to boards, including droplet staining. Mild tanning to spine, which has notable crushing and wear to ends. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690442952ADA
- Title
- The Coin Collector's Manual (Vol. 2)
- Author
- H. Noel Humphreys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Bell & Sons
- Date Published
- 1897
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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....
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