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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I
by Edward Gibbon
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
The Grand Colosseum Warehouse Co, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 512 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Vol I. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Cracking to front hinge, with inscriptions to half title page. Large area of loss to fep. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean, with light sunning to spine.
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- Title
- The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I
- Author
- Edward Gibbon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Grand Colosseum Warehouse Co
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
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- Rubbing
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- Text Block
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- Title Page
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- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
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