Addison: Selections from Addison's Papers Contributed to the Spectator
by Joseph Addison
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1883. Hardcover. Good. Clarendon Press Series. Cream vellum boards with gilt picture of Oxford and gilt lettering to spine.Boards are spotted and spine is darkened and marked. Internally pages are age tanned and there is scattered foxing. Binding is tight. Introduction and notes by Thomas Arnold. Previous owner's signature on frontispiece dated 1886. Good 1883
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1840
- Title
- Addison: Selections from Addison's Papers Contributed to the Spectator
- Author
- Joseph Addison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1883
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Petworth, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...