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Everett's Life of A Clarke / Adam Clarke Portrayed, Volume I
by James Everett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Everett's Life of A Clarke/Adam Clarke Portrayed, Volume I by James Everett. Hardback, 1843, first edition, illustrated, published by Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London, 348 pages + xiv.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7" by 4 7/8" by 7/8". Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, embossed detail to boards. Some marking and scuffing to binding, fading to colouring. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Book has forward tilt. Slackness to binding but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges deckled and neatly cut. Some browning and scuffing to page edges but reasonably clean for age. A little writing to front pastedown. Some foxing to endpapers, the odd patch of foxing throughout, some offsetting and the odd thumb mark and other grub here and there, with the occasional dog-eared corner. 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-137
- Title
- Everett's Life of A Clarke / Adam Clarke Portrayed, Volume I
- Author
- James Everett
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamilton, Adams, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
- Pages
- 348 + xiv
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography, Religion, Christianity, Faith
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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