The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord MacAulay
by Macaulay, Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans Green & Co, 1868. Decorative Cloth. Good+. Contents: Contributions to Knights Quarterly Magazine, Contributions to Edinburgh Review, Contributions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Miscellaneous Poems, Inscriptions etc. 395 Pages. Dark Green cloth cover with blind embossed border lines and central design to front and rear boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Brown endpapers. Page edges uncut. Some wear and rubbing to cover, spine ends and corners bumped. Hinges cracked. Pages in very good clean condition. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004919
- Title
- The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord MacAulay
- Author
- Macaulay, Lord
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- CLASSICS/LORD MACAULAY
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
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