Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources
by James Wood
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd, 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1893. No Edition Remarks. 659 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Hinges and gutters are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to half title page. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1694181221DPB
- Title
- Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources
- Author
- James Wood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd
- Date Published
- 1893
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Acceptable
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...