Short History of the University of Edinburgh, 1556-1889
by David Bayne Horn
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 228 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over identically illustrated paper covered boards. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Pages and plates are bright and clear with light tanning to text block edges. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Some slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping, rubbing and noticeable edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708694685CAB
- Title
- Short History of the University of Edinburgh, 1556-1889
- Author
- David Bayne Horn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Date Published
- 1967
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...