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John Ruskin
by Frederic Harrison
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Good. 1913. Reprint. 216 pages. No dust jacket. Full leather binding with gilt lettering. Rebound. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate to front paste down. Front hinge cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine and board edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1717669394DPB
- Title
- John Ruskin
- Author
- Frederic Harrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Date Published
- 1913
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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