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Historia Amoris: A History of Love Ancient and Modern Historia Amoris. A History of Love Ancient and Modern
by Saltus, Edgar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Brentano's, London, 1923. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. index. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. First published in 1906. A look at love and relationships across the ages. Starting with Babylonia and ending in the 18th century. Soften to the back strip edges with some fraying to the top edge. Bumping of the book corners with rubbing of the lower book edges. Rubbing and darkening of the book panels. Browning of the text block edges with light scattered foxing. Offset tanning and light foxing to the endpapers with age toning of the pages. There is a sticker to the top right hand corner of the front panel. Second Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 278 pages,. Deckled Lower Edge (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sexuality & Gender; Relationships; History. Inventory No: 0122242. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0122242
- Title
- Historia Amoris: A History of Love Ancient and Modern Historia Amoris. A History of Love Ancient and Modern
- Author
- Saltus, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- BZDB2 history, erotica, love, relationships Sexuality & Gender; Relationships; History. Unbranded Saltus, Edgar Historia Amoris: A History of Love Ancient and Modern Historia Amoris. A History of Love Ancient and Modern
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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