DAYS WITH SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY : A REPRINT FROM "THE SPECTATOR"; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
by (Addison, Joseph)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Macmillan and Co, 1892. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Hugh Thomson. 12mo, 7.4 in. x 5 in., pp. 158. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Blue green cloth boards with elaborate stamped gilt garden scene, insignia, and title to front, and gilt person figure and title to spine.Previous owner's name and date (Louise P. Bull, 1921) to front free endpaper. Publisher's gilt edges. Light rubbing to extremities. Headcap to spine missing. Light age-toning to pages. Previous owner's signature and address, dated 1921, to front flyleaf.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86122
- Title
- DAYS WITH SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY : A REPRINT FROM "THE SPECTATOR"; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
- Author
- (Addison, Joseph)
- Illustrator
- Hugh Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1892
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...