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Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems
by A
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
B. Fellowes, 1852. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1852. No Edition Remarks S. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with blind stamp decoration. Gold inlay text to spine. Rough-cut pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Visible cracking to gutters, between pages 48-9 and rear hinge. Pages remain fully attached. Water staining to front and rear pastedown and endpaper, with noticeable white marks. Occasional dog-eared corners with faint thumb-marking. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Small water marks to top edge of spine. Visible black marks overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1625829926BTH
- Title
- Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems
- Author
- A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- B. Fellowes
- Date Published
- 1852
Terms of Sale
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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