Poetical Works and Letters of Robert Burns
by Robert Burns
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Gall & Inglis, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 642 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound green leather with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout. Gilt edges to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to hinges with exposed netting. Binding loose. Creased rear free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and rubbing to corners. Spine heavily worn. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1699520255ALK
- Title
- Poetical Works and Letters of Robert Burns
- Author
- Robert Burns
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gall & Inglis
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...