Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh review [2 Volumes bound in 1]
by Lord [Thomas Babington] Macaulay
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London.: Longmans, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts., 1858. Hard. Very Good. 8vo.. Very good. Bound in full polished calf, contemporaneous with date of publication. Five raised bands, gilt tooling and gilt lettered tile to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Armorial bookplate of James Jobling to front pastedown 'Per Ardua ad Alta' (through efforts to higher things). Slightly foxed. Ownership inscription to front fly-leaf.
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- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031678
- Title
- Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh review [2 Volumes bound in 1]
- Author
- Lord [Thomas Babington] Macaulay
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1858
- Size
- 8vo.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Ryan OHorne Books
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Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Fly-Leaf
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...