The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Abdication of James the Second, 1688 (complete in six volumes)
by David Hume
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Porter & Coates. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volumes small 8vo, brick-red cloth, spine titles and rulilng in gilt, frontis with tissue guard din Vol. I. All bindings tight and square, virtually no rubbing or shelf wear, gilt bright and fresh. Title page of Vol. I foxed from the tissue guard, page edges mildly foxed.
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- Dunaway Books
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- Title
- The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Abdication of James the Second, 1688 (complete in six volumes)
- Author
- David Hume
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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