Illustrated English Social History: Vol 1- Chaucer's England and the Early Tudors, Vol 2- The Age of Shakespeare and the Stuart Period, Vol 3- The Eighteenth Century, Vol 4- The Nineteenth Century
by TREVELYAN, G. M. & WRIGHT, RUTH C. (Illus selected)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Longmans, Green & Co 1950-1954. 4 VOLUME SET, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, top page edges stained red, frontispieces, xi-xvi + 175pp-209pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board corners, light discolouration to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 2) in d/w, VG- (vols 1 & 2 price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy chipping to top edges of vol 4 with some loss & tape repairs, tape repair to top spine extrem of vol 3, 7cm closed tear to rear cover of vol 4, moderate discolouration & foxing to covers of all vols, vol 2 has removable protective clear plastic cover to d/w)
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- Hard To Find Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 251076
- Title
- Illustrated English Social History: Vol 1- Chaucer's England and the Early Tudors, Vol 2- The Age of Shakespeare and the Stuart Period, Vol 3- The Eighteenth Century, Vol 4- The Nineteenth Century
- Author
- TREVELYAN, G. M. & WRIGHT, RUTH C. (Illus selected)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co 1950-1954
- Keywords
- history illustrated English England Great Britain
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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