Gai Iuli Caesaris Commentariorum de Bello Civili Liber Primus
by Gai Iuli Caesaris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/N/a
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1906. Second reprint of the 1890 first in the Pitt Press series, edited by A. G.Peskett. Text in Latin, foreword and intro in English. Olive covers with gilt and black rules to both boards, 172pp plus 8pp adverts for the Pitt series. Fold out map frontis (in very good condition). Covers have light wear to extrems, moreso to head and foot of spine. Dusty page edges are lightly foxed, as are prelims. Lower hinge cracked but holding well, otherwise internally clean and tight. Very decent copy for 104-yearsold! Ref:104573. Reprint. Buckram. VG-/N/a. 12x17.5cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004573
- Title
- Gai Iuli Caesaris Commentariorum de Bello Civili Liber Primus
- Author
- Gai Iuli Caesaris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 12x17.5cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- 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...
- Buckram
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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