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Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry, and Other Districts Adjoining the Ochils
by William Gibson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Andrew Elliot, 1883. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1883. Second Edition. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Visible finger smudging. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Some gutter cracking. Minimal tanning to pages throughout. Rear hinge cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine. Spine ends are crushed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690526458TMB
- Title
- Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry, and Other Districts Adjoining the Ochils
- Author
- William Gibson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Andrew Elliot
- Date Published
- 1883
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Acceptable
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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