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Cassell and Company Ltd London 1886 Vg (clean bright sturdy black buckram boards half bound with dark navy blue leather spine and corners, gilt title and gilt banding to spine, one 3" scuff mark spine else binding undamaged with no knocks or bumps, red speckled edges to pages, browning free endpapers only and one small mark outside page edges, a very good sound sturdy copy internally very clean and tight with touch of faint age-browning to tull-page illustrations only, pages clean and bright) substantial quarto 764pp. An illustrated magazine for Sunday and general reading. Volume XXI. B/w illustrations throughout. A weighty item.
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- Bookseller
- lobstabooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40857
- Title
- THE QUIVER 1886
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd London 1886
- Bookseller catalogs
- Periodicals;
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Glossary
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Half Bound
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