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The Broad Stone of Honour, or, The True Sense and Practice of Chivalry - The Third Book. Morus
by Kenelm Henry Digby
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1827. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1827. No Edition Remarks. 329 pages. No dust jacket. Modern red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Book has been rebound and also has new endpapers. The third book (Morus). Small in-text engraving to title page and first page of text. Pages are heavily, variably tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Rough cut pages. Binding remains firm. A few small edge tears to a few pages. Some pages are slightly smaller than others, apparently intentionally. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor wear marks to boards.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1712663791LEE
- Title
- The Broad Stone of Honour, or, The True Sense and Practice of Chivalry - The Third Book. Morus
- Author
- Kenelm Henry Digby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper
- Date Published
- 1827
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- 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...
- Acceptable
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- Jacket
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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