Alfred the Great
by Duckett, Eleanor Shipley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
A$20.68A$16.54
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About This Item
The University of Chicago Press, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. c 1956. Edition not stated. No indication of later printings. Red cloth. Boards clean and solid, light shelf wear only. Spine square, ends trifle bumped. Binding firm. Text block toned. Contents unmarked and clean. DJ not clipped ($3.75) edges gently rubbed with some light scuffs. Tiny chips at top edge. Spine sunned with shallow chipping at crown. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 072141
- Title
- Alfred the Great
- Author
- Duckett, Eleanor Shipley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY HISTORY MEDIEVAL EUROPE ENGLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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