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The Earl of Elgin
by George Wrong
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$84.00NZ$62.99
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About This Item
The Earl of Elgin by George M. Wrong
Hardback, 1905, with 19 illustrations and one foldout map, published by Methuen & Co., London, 300 pages + xii and 40-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo. Measures around 9" by 6" by 1 5/8". Red cloth binding, black lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Some discolouration to spine. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Binding reasonably firm, slight slackness to upper spine. Page edges browned, foxed and scuffed. Slight tear to rear inner hinge. Some foxing throughout page surfaces, though mainly in endpapers, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
Hardback, 1905, with 19 illustrations and one foldout map, published by Methuen & Co., London, 300 pages + xii and 40-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo. Measures around 9" by 6" by 1 5/8". Red cloth binding, black lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Some discolouration to spine. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Binding reasonably firm, slight slackness to upper spine. Page edges browned, foxed and scuffed. Slight tear to rear inner hinge. Some foxing throughout page surfaces, though mainly in endpapers, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-040
- Title
- The Earl of Elgin
- Author
- George Wrong
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Pages
- 300+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography; History; Lord Elgin; Canada' China; Japan; India
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- 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...
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