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Burghley: Tudor Statesman
by B. W. Beckingsale
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 340 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over dark blue cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning to pages with front endpaper missing and pencil inscription to half title page. Noticeable tanning to text block edges and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Binding is also loose. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing to spine. Noticeable water damage to boards and spine. Clipped jacket with major edge wear and visible rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and water damage to spine. Major water damage to interior.
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- Seller
- World of Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1629093118MHP
- Title
- Burghley: Tudor Statesman
- Author
- B. W. Beckingsale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1967
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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