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The Course of Time A Poem in Ten Books
by POLLOK, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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CHELTENHAM, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons, 1858. Octavo, vi+300 pages, original boards half bound in calf and marbled paper, spine decorated with gilt and raised bands, marbled edges, pastedowns, and front free endpaper, name on endpapers, bumped corners, a very good copy
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grant's Bookshop
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28824
- Title
- The Course of Time A Poem in Ten Books
- Author
- POLLOK, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons, 1858
Terms of Sale
Grant's Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Grant's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2023
CHELTENHAM, Victoria
About Grant's Bookshop
A very large second-hand bookshop with approximately 200,000 items in stock
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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Half Bound
- ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...