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Sketches of Irish Character
by S.C.hall
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
E.Ferrett, 1845. Leather Bound. Acceptable. Large 4to. Quarter bound in contemporary leather. Marbled boards. Extensive shelf wear. Bumping to corners. Rubbing to boards and spine. Scuffing to edges. Creasing, cracking to spine. Reasonably tight binding and solid boards. Marking in pencil, drawing on preliminary leaves. Damp staining throughout. Engraved illustration plate before title page is missing. Darkening to pages. Profusely illustrated. Some pages are loose, but present. Sold as-is. Please feel free to contact us with further queries regarding condition of book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1109140091
- Title
- Sketches of Irish Character
- Author
- S.C.hall
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.Ferrett
- Date Published
- 1845
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
SequiturBooks
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Boonsboro, Maryland
About SequiturBooks
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- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Acceptable
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