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Facts and Comments
by Herbert Spencer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Facts and Comments by Herbert Spencer.
Hardback, 1902, second thousand, published by published by Williams and Norgate, London, vi + 205 pages + 14-page author and publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 7/8" by 5 3/4" by 3/4". Reddish-brown cloth binding with faux leather texture, embossed detail to boards and gilt lettering to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, some rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped corners. Some slackness to binding, cracking to inner rear hinge but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked with slight foxing. Some marking, tanning and foxing to endpapers. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown and name and year to front free endpaper. Occasional marks but page surfaces generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-283
- Title
- Facts and Comments
- Author
- Herbert Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Williams and Norgate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Pages
- 205+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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