The Book Of The Thames From Its Rise To Its Fall
by Mr and Mrs S. C. Hall
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Alfred W Bennett, 1867. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1867. No Edition Remarks. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Green decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Missing one of 15 albumen photographs. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to half title page. Heavy cracking to gutters exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding and pages; cracking lighter to hinges. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Noticeable holing to base of spine. Spine has moderate tanning with prominent fraying, staining and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1683537561MHA
- Title
- The Book Of The Thames From Its Rise To Its Fall
- Author
- Mr and Mrs S. C. Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred W Bennett
- Date Published
- 1867
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...