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Patristic Study (Handbooks For The Clergy, Ed. By A. W. Robinson)
by Henry Barclay Swete
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Longmans, Green, and Co, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. New Impression. 198 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Visible water stains to pastedowns. Light foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Annotations, underlining and marginalia in pencil throughout; text remains unaffected. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1696831454ADA
- Title
- Patristic Study (Handbooks For The Clergy, Ed. By A. W. Robinson)
- Author
- Henry Barclay Swete
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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