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A MODERN HISTORY, FROM THE TIME OF LUTHER TO THE FALL OF NAPOLEON
by John Lord
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. xv, 544 pgs. 5 x 8 in. Quarter brown calf with brown cloth boards. Condition of the book is FAIR; spine missing. Corners bumped and worn. Cover and text have water stains, front pastedown and ffep darkened by water damage, text moderately foxed throughout. Cover scuffed. Binding is sound. Upper edge of text block darkened, all foxed.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3628
- Title
- A MODERN HISTORY, FROM THE TIME OF LUTHER TO THE FALL OF NAPOLEON
- Author
- John Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1849
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
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