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Uncle Tom's Cabin. A Tale Of Life Among The Lowly.
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell And Company, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No edition stated. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. From the Cassell's Red Library series. All text block edges red. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to title page and first page. Slight cracking. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Spine is noticeably sunned. Strips of sunning front and rear. Gilt is bright. Book has a heavy forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1648754742GEO
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin. A Tale Of Life Among The Lowly.
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell And Company
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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