The History of England from the Accession of James II - Vol. II
by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Porter & Coates, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Noted. 595 pages. No dust jacket. Dark red cloth. Volume II. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and major tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible tip ex marks and rubbing. Moderate bumping to corners and major crushing to spine ends. Splitting to joints and visible sunning to spine. There is fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.
Reviews
On Jul 2 2018, a reader said:
This is another great 5 volume set of English History from a Whig and political view from a standpoint other than the what you normally would read.I would love it in my collection and may have to seriously entertain its purchase.C.E.HUGGINS RARE BOOKS
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
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- 1649327584EMB
- Title
- The History of England from the Accession of James II - Vol. II
- Author
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
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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....
- Cracked
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- Acceptable
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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