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Scarlet And Black: A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century
by Stendhal
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: The Folio Society, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xviii, 484pp. xx, 498pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on printed black spine label. Top text block edges sprayed black, black endpapers. Housed in a medium weight card slipcase. 8vo. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Slipcase has significant shelf wear and scuffing.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020641
- Title
- Scarlet And Black: A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Stendhal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Beautiful Books, Folio Society, Classic Literature
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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