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Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
by Bartlett, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1944. Eleventh Edition Revised and Enlarged. Reprint of 1944 Near fine in 3/4 red leather and red cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments and gilt rules to the edges of the leather on the boards, A small quarto of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with minor rubbing to the joints at the upper edge of the spine and the leather is worn through over the lower tips of the boards and there is a gift inscription on the second free end page. 1578 pages including an extensive index and text.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB29739
- Title
- Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
- Author
- Bartlett, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Eleventh Edition Revised and Enlarged
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1944
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Edges
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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