The English Constitution
by Walter Bagehot
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are fairly bright with moderate tanning and mild foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a pencil inscription to paste-down. Occasional thumb-marking and marginalia present throughout. A few small nicks along text block edge. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Very heavy tanning to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1691677293IEV
- Title
- The English Constitution
- Author
- Walter Bagehot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...