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Libraries In The Medieval And Renaissance Periods: The Rede Lecture, Delivered June 13, 1894
by John Willis Clark
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan And Bowes, 1894. Hardcover. Good. 1894. No Edition Remarks. 61 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. 'From the Publishers' written on half title page. Minor thumb marking, foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.
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- Seller
- World of Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1710319867BMP
- Title
- Libraries In The Medieval And Renaissance Periods: The Rede Lecture, Delivered June 13, 1894
- Author
- John Willis Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan And Bowes
- Date Published
- 1894
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- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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