London: Ward, Lock & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Some dampstains and moderate water damage to rear board and read endpaper. Narrow split to gutter at half title page. Some underlining and marginalia. ; xvi, 493 pages. Green cloth boards. Gilt decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 173 x 107mm. ; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12960
Title: Essays Civil and Moral
Author: Bacon, Francis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1910

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Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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...