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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed “The Edinburgh Review.” Second Edition. In Three Volumes.
by LORD MACAULAY:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843 2nd. Three Volumes. Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Half bound calf leather fine binding by “Zaehnsdorf” with light brown cloth to boards boards, raised banding and gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering to spines. Marbled endpapers and gilt top edges to pages. In very good condition. Some areas of minor darkening and rubbing to spines; some rubbing to raised bands and ends. Bottom leading corners bumped on vol.2. Else covers nice and smart. Zaehnsdorf binders stamps to bottom corners of endpapers and “Henry Southeran Ltd” stamped at top corners. Previous owners blind emossed stamp to opposite endpapers “R.R. Fences Farm.” Inside pages all very clean, crisp and tight, no foxing or spots. Else a very good clean and tight set. ix + 490, 503 & 466pp.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93533
- Title
- Critical and Historical Essays Contributed “The Edinburgh Review.” Second Edition. In Three Volumes.
- Author
- LORD MACAULAY:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843 2nd
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE LORD MACAULAY, Critical, Historical Essays, Edinburgh Review, Authorised Edition, leather, Fine Binding, Zaehnsdorf, Henry Southeran,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Half Bound
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- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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