A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their Present
by Richard Chenevix Trench
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John W. Parker, 1859. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1859. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with pen inscriptions to half title and title page and slight dog-eared pages throughout. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and rough cut edges to text block. Book is shaky. Boards have visible rubbing and heavier bumping to corners. Major crushing to spine ends and splitting to joints with fraying of cloth to spine ends.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1643297439IEV
- Title
- A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their Present
- Author
- Richard Chenevix Trench
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John W. Parker
- Date Published
- 1859
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.