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Handbook for England and Wales: Alphabetically Arranged for the Use of Travellers
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1890. Second edition. HC, no DJ. PC Fair. Very heavily edgeworn flexible red cloth boards, spine tips tattered, gilt lettering, dulling/soiling to spine w publisher gilt price intact (12/-), FO ink writing to cover (""O.H.W.U. 1891), 1 (of original 2) folded color map slipped in at front endpapers, backstrip loosening, hinges cracked, leaves toned, text clean, 7 tall, printed double column. Shaken. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 190168
- Title
- Handbook for England and Wales: Alphabetically Arranged for the Use of Travellers
- Format/Binding
- HC, no DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Pages
- 478
Terms of Sale
Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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About the Seller
Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Biblio member since 2018
Nashville, Tennessee
About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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