Words, Facts, and Phrases; a Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, & Out-of-the-way Matters by Eliezer Edwards - 2012-01-10

Chatto & Windus, 1911. Hardcover. Good. 1911. New Impression. 631 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Pencil inscription to back of last page. First page of back catalogue detached but still present. Back hinge is cracked. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened.

Phila.: J. B. Lippincott. Good+; Spine Strip Missing, Loose Cover Board. Hardback. 631 pages .

London: Chatto & Windus. Good. 1911. Hardbound. 631 pages .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1911. Hardcover. Good copy; light to heavy wear to cloth with fraying along all edges and at the corners and along the spine joints; cloth is moderately soiled; and sunned on spine and edges of boards; light to moderate scuffs to cloth; tanned edges of leaves and end papers; previous owner's name and address written in pen on ffep; edges of leaves dust soiled; a fragile-feeling book when held though still solidly in one piece; o/w pages are clean and free of creases; a well-loved, handsome copy that is holding together well.. Octavo in burgundy-brown-red cloth; 631 pp., 20 cm. In English.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Words, Facts, And Phrases; A Dictionary Of Curious, Quaint, & Out-Of-The-Way Matters.

Paperback / softback. New.

J.B. Lippincott and Co, 1881-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. No jacket; mild shelfwear - but nothing severe.

J.B. Lippincott and Co, 1881-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Lippincott and Co., No date, circa late 1800's, front cover is mostly split at hinge and barely hanging on, rear cover only a bit better- no loose pages, lettering on black faux-leather spine mostly rubbed away but still ledgible, thin piece missing at head of spine, chips at heel, green boards have bumps at bottom corners. Print from photograph of a seated Abe Lincoln pasted on front paste down, ancient water stain on green endpaper, no markings found.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1911. Gold title on red boards which have light wear to spine head, tail and corner tips. Some minor marks. Internally there is a contemporary name and date to front endpaper, age toning to endpapers, sporadic light foxing to some pages else generally very clean, tight and unmarked. viii + 631 pages + 32 page catalogue. A New Impression of the author's work which was first published in 1881. 1. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.