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English, Past and Present : Five Lectures
by Trench, Richard Chenevix
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: John W Parker, 1859. These lectures helped popularise the rational study of the English language which led to the writing of the Oxford Dictionary. Revised. Brown embossed bds with gilt spine title, crns canted, sl. chipped spine, pp 263 tight and clean with only scattered foxing to ends.. 4th Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7221
- Title
- English, Past and Present : Five Lectures
- Author
- Trench, Richard Chenevix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- John W Parker
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Rare;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- SL.
- slight
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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