Goldsmith's Choice Works, Comprising His Vicar Of Wakefield, Poems And Plays
by Finlayson, Thomas (foreword)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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POOLE, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1871. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1871 1st thus h/b publ Nimmo, 458pp in Fair cond. Brown cloth covers with picture (angel, black design around), are very worn at spine ends and corners. Gilt page edges, worn and rubbed. Text block seems unmarked but there are age/usage spots around. Pages have some foxing but are considerably browned esp towards rear. Splits at both pastedowns. Posting from UK within 1 business day of order receipt..
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- Bookseller
- Embull Enterprises
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004108
- Title
- Goldsmith's Choice Works, Comprising His Vicar Of Wakefield, Poems And Plays
- Author
- Finlayson, Thomas (foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William P. Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1871
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Embull Enterprises
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About the Seller
Embull Enterprises
Biblio member since 2009
POOLE, Dorset
About Embull Enterprises
Located in Dorset, U.K. selling used books online only
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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