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Ragged Homes, and How to Mend Them
by Bayly, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London, England: James Nisbet and Co, 1859. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 12mo (7"x5"). 264pp. Brown pebbled buckram-covered boards with gilt stamped spine. Light, general shelfwear. B&W frontis with tissue. Previous owner's name penned to half title. Pages toned. Binding tight. No dust jacket: covered in seller's protective mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3747
- Title
- Ragged Homes, and How to Mend Them
- Author
- Bayly, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- James Nisbet and Co
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1859
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About the Seller
Downtown Books & News
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Asheville, North Carolina
About Downtown Books & News
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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