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A History of the early part of the reign of James the Second; with an introductory chapter - By the Right Hon. Charles James Fox. To which is added an appendix
by FOX, CHARLES JAMES
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- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1808. . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket . No dustwrapper as issued. SMALL QUARTO. - Quarter bound in cloth w/ marbled boards - Gilt title to spine - Covers and heavily rubbed and chipped w/ boards exposed at corners and along edges - Spine ends chipped and frayed w/ 2" split to head of front joint - Hinges breached but not open - Heavy toning and foxing especially to endpapers, prelims and title pages which also have slight scuffing - Some minor creasing to corners of pages - Frontispiece present but heavily foxed - Book ow/ solid and clean - li,277,clviii pages
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- Title
- A History of the early part of the reign of James the Second; with an introductory chapter - By the Right Hon. Charles James Fox. To which is added an appendix
- Author
- FOX, CHARLES JAMES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Date Published
- 1808
- Size
- No dustwrapper as issued
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Hay on Wye, Powys
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- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled boards
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- Jacket
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- Quarto
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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...
- Cloth
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