GOLDSMITH'S ROMAN HISTORY: Abridged by Himself; For the Use of Schools
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and Richmond: Jacob Johnson, 1808. 264 pp. Original full-leather covers w/ 7 gilt rules on spine. Binding scuffed w/ wear to extremities. Pencil and ink notes to front endpapers and rear paste-down. Previous owner's name to top edge of title page. Modest insect damage to top corner of first few leaves. Light foxing and dampstains throughout. Lacking rear blank endpaper(s) (?). Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of The Funeral of Pompey.. Hard Cover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22256WHEUR
- Title
- GOLDSMITH'S ROMAN HISTORY: Abridged by Himself; For the Use of Schools
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Jacob Johnson
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and Richmond
- Date Published
- 1808
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL DESCRIPTION SOUTHERN EUROPE ROME ROMAN HISTORY CAPITAL CITY ITALY LAZIO REGION ITALIAN PENINSULA NONFICTION GENERAL
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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