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The French Revolution, A History
by Thomas Carlyle
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ward, Lock & Co, Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 624 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Book has a noticeably dusty odour. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Pen inscription to half title page and front free endpaper. Light cracking and noticeable staining to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild rubbing, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1697544142DPB
- Title
- The French Revolution, A History
- Author
- Thomas Carlyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co, Ltd
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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