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Men Of The Time: A Dictionary Of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical Notices Of Eminent Characters Of Both Sexes. Seventh Edition, Revised And Brought Down To The Present Time (1868)
by Townsend, G.H
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
London Uk: George Routledge And Sons, 1868. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Vii, 859 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt, Top Edge Gilt, Beveled Edges. Includes A Biographical Index At End To All Persons In Previous Editions, Deceased, Who Are Omitted In This Edition. An Excellent Anglo-Centric Biographical Dictionary, But Requiring All Volumes For Completeness. Wear, Fraying At Edges, Front Cover And Endpaper Detached But Present, Bookplate "I Would Not Change My Invincible Love Of Reading For All The Treasures Of India- Edward Gibbon" Although Of Course Many Of The Biographees Here Would Do So, And Did.
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- Title
- Men Of The Time: A Dictionary Of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical Notices Of Eminent Characters Of Both Sexes. Seventh Edition, Revised And Brought Down To The Present Time (1868)
- Author
- Townsend, G.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons
- Place of Publication
- London Uk
- Date Published
- 1868
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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