LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, WITH IVRY AND THE ARMADA
by LORD MACAULAY
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Havant, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: LONGMANS GREEN AND CO, 1885. NEW EDITION . Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket. VERY GOOD contemporary bright scarlet morocco iwth gilt foliate decorations. Some rubbing to extremities, expecially at corners. Nevertheless, very pretty. Gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Prelims lightly foxed, thereafter, a very clean item with a solid page block. Feels great in the hand, too. A nice item in a fine binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tobo Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008538
- Title
- LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, WITH IVRY AND THE ARMADA
- Author
- LORD MACAULAY
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- NEW EDITION
- Publisher
- LONGMANS GREEN AND CO
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1885
- Pages
- -1
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About the Seller
Tobo Books
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Havant, Hampshire
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...