Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources...
by Bartlett, John (1820-1905) (Comp. )
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Boston, Little, Brown, And Company, 1898. 9thEdition. Hardback. A good copy bound in half-calf over marbled boards. Gilt-lettering to spine and uniform decoration to compartments. Raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Slight dust-dulling and usual rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved internally; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 1158 pages; Physical desc.: 1158 p. Notes: A comprehensive collection. Subjects: Quotations. Ancient literature.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62909
- Title
- Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources...
- Author
- Bartlett, John (1820-1905) (Comp. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 9thEdition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston, Little, Brown, And Company
- Date Published
- 1898
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled boards
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