The Life of George Washington
by J. T. Headley
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Milner and Sowerby, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 398 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to reverse of frontispiece and other prelim pages. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Some occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout, binding feels slack. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1698928785LEE
- Title
- The Life of George Washington
- Author
- J. T. Headley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Milner and Sowerby
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...