HOW TO CATALOGUE A LIBRARY
by Wheatley, H.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Elliot Stock, 1889. xii, 268pp. Original green buckram, gilt with bevelled edges. Attractive patterned end-papers. Title printed in red and black, Extremities foxed but the text block clean.. 1st edition. Hardback. V.g.. small 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Le579
- Title
- HOW TO CATALOGUE A LIBRARY
- Author
- Wheatley, H.B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Elliot Stock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- small 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography;
Terms of Sale
Thomas Rare Books
7 day return if mis-described
About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...