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A True Relation Of The Holy War: Made By King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, For The Regaining Of The Metropolis Of The World, Or, The Losing And Taking Again Of The Town Of Mansoul
by John Bunyan
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Brightly and Kinndersley, 1806. Hardcover. Good. 1806. New Edition. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt. Marbled end papers. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Free end paper is heavily damaged and partially stuck front free end paper, possibly through rebinding. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail and joints. Gilt lettering is darkened. Peeling and loss to leather elements.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1716283709IEV
- Title
- A True Relation Of The Holy War: Made By King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, For The Regaining Of The Metropolis Of The World, Or, The Losing And Taking Again Of The Town Of Mansoul
- Author
- John Bunyan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brightly and Kinndersley
- Date Published
- 1806
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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