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Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803
by Dorothy Wordsworth
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
David Douglas, 1894. Hardcover. Good. 1894. Third Edition. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Deckled edge text block. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Ex Libris plate to front paste-down. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends with fraying and loss. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Gilt lettering is dulled.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1713781449ADA
- Title
- Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803
- Author
- Dorothy Wordsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- David Douglas
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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