Among the Old Scotch Mistrels Studying Their Ballads of War, Love, Social Life, Folk-lore and Fairyland
by M'Dowall, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1888. Spine lightly sunned, a few small marks to boards, closed edges lightly foxed, gutters cracked, pp clean and bright.. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59148
- Title
- Among the Old Scotch Mistrels Studying Their Ballads of War, Love, Social Life, Folk-lore and Fairyland
- Author
- M'Dowall, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- David Douglas
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1888
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scotland;
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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