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The Seasons: With Engraved Illustrations from Designs Drawn on Wood by Various and with the Life of the Author by Patrick Murdoch, D.D. F.R.S.
by James Thomson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$42.04NZ$31.52
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About This Item
The Seasons by James Thomson with Engraved Illustrations from Designs Drawn on Wood by Various and with the Life of the Author by Patrick Murdoch, D.D. F.R.S.
Hardback, 1842, published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, xlviii + 320 pages and two 16-page publisher catalogues at rear.
Quarto/4to, measures around 8 5/8" by 6 1/8" by 1 1/4". Blue cloth binding, gilt pictorial detail to front board, gilt detail and lettering to spine. Considerable marking and scuffing to binding, discolouration in particular to spine. Clear signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, tearing to head and tail of spine, bumped and torn corners. Slackness to binding, cracking to inner hinges and a little strain to textblock elsewhere. Page edges browned, scuffed, marked and slightly tanned. Label to front pastedown, previous owner inscription to verso of front free endpaper. The odd mark to page surfaces but reasonably clean for age, with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-220
- Title
- The Seasons
- Author
- James Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1842
- Pages
- xlviii + 320
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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