A History of Our Own Times: From the Ascension of Queen Victoria to the Diamond Jubilee 1897 (three volumes)
by Justin McCarthy
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant compact edition of McCarthy's well received history of the nineteenth century, during which time he was an MP and a prominent Anti-Parnellite. Printed on fine paper. Decorative cloth with gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. 12mo. Previous owner's name to ffep. Sunning to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good+
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007438
- Title
- A History of Our Own Times: From the Ascension of Queen Victoria to the Diamond Jubilee 1897 (three volumes)
- Author
- Justin McCarthy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- history, england, ireland, irish, britain, british, politics,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...