Life and Times of Stephen Higginson
by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1907. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1907. No Edition Remarks. 305 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates throughout. Rough cut textblock edges. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Clipping to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1684501134MHP
- Title
- Life and Times of Stephen Higginson
- Author
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1907
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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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.