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The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (two volumes)
by Sir George Otto Trevelyan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1876. First edition. Bound in half tan calf with marbled boards and all page edges. Edges are bumped and worn. Marbled boards are in good condition. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and title labels. Gilding is faded and there is wear to the spine tops. Pages are age tanned with occasional slight foxing especially to prelims. Tissue guard to an engraving of Macaulay, frontispiece of Vol I, is torn. Bindings are tight. 1876
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4846
- Title
- The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (two volumes)
- Author
- Sir George Otto Trevelyan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Reader’s Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
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