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TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS AT RUGBY
by Thomas Hughes
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868. Hardcover. Fair. 405 pages. 5 x 7 1/2 in. Illustration on frontis with tissue. Green cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine, top edge of text block tinted grey. Condition of the book is FAIR: wear to covers and spine, spine darkened, fabric on rear of cover is starting to lift from board, soiling on covers, light yellowing to edges of text block, front hinge cracked, binding fine but loose. NOTE: this volume has the second ffep & title page torn out with half of each missing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1636
- Title
- TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS AT RUGBY
- Author
- Thomas Hughes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ticknor & Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1868
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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