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Synonyms and Antonyms: An Alphabetical List of Words in Common Use, Grouped with Others of Similar and Opposite Meaning
by Edith B Ordway
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George G. Harrap & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1913. No Edition Remarks. 292 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. A few dog-eared corners. Text block edges intensely foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Mildly dust-marked overall. Boards are bowed. Spine is noticeably sunned. Gilt is dulled and worn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1654175465LSA
- Title
- Synonyms and Antonyms: An Alphabetical List of Words in Common Use, Grouped with Others of Similar and Opposite Meaning
- Author
- Edith B Ordway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co
- Date Published
- 1913
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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