The History of Great Britain From The Death of George II. To The Coronation of George IV. Designed As A Continuation of Hume and Smollett
by J. R. Miller
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jones & Company, 1825. Hardcover. Good. 1825. No Edition Stated. 464 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound black tooled leather with grey boards. Gilt titles and compartments to spine. Green marbled text block edges. Engraved frontispiece of David Hume. Text in two columns. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Foxing heaviest towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Faint creases to some pages. Boards have some moderate edge wear. Leather corners and spine are bumped and rubbed with some small scratches and minor wear to joints. Gilt is bright. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1622720314ADA
- Title
- The History of Great Britain From The Death of George II. To The Coronation of George IV. Designed As A Continuation of Hume and Smollett
- Author
- J. R. Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jones & Company
- Date Published
- 1825
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Text Block
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