Philadelphia, PA Eldredge & Brother, 1892. Hardcover Second Edition (1892), Revised. Good+: shows some chipping to the backstrip, with faint cracking at the head and heel of backstrip and some creasing down the center of same, with a very small area where the underlying fabric has become exposed. Former owner's name at front flyleaf. the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing some loss to the leather, but still quite functional. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.65 x 4.75 x 1.2 inches). 458 pages. Edited, with Explanatory Notes by Thomas Chase, L.L.D. Language: Latin and English. Weight: 17.6 ounces. Tooled Quarter Cloth Boards. Black leather spine with gold lettering and blind stamped decoration. All Edges Tinted Red. Second Edition (1892), Revised.

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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 55335
Title: The Works of Horace.
Author: Horace
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Edition (1892), Revised.
Publisher: Eldredge & Brother,
Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA
Date Published: 1892.
Bookseller catalogs: Classics; Greek and Latin Classics;

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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....
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Remainder: Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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...