CICERO'S LIFE AND LETTERS
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
San Mateo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
WILLIAM P. NIMMO, 1876. Hardcover. Good. 1876. Main picture is of our copy. Gilt on cover says "DOCTRINA VIM PROMOVET INSITAM" and "Edinburgh Institution". Covers are in good condition. Little wear to front and back faces. Edges have some shelfwear. Back cover is torn about 2 1/2 inches down spine, but is in no danger of detaching. Gilt on cover and spine is almost entirely intact. Interior of front cover contains a plate from the Edinburgh Institution, about a prize awarded in 1876. First few pages have foxing, but interior pages are largely clean and unmarked. Overall in exceptionally good condition considering the age.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B Street Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2012-U16
- Title
- CICERO'S LIFE AND LETTERS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- WILLIAM P. NIMMO
- Date Published
- 1876
Terms of Sale
B Street Books, ABAA
We accept returns of any book within 30 days and refund the price, so long as the book is returned in the same condition it was sent.
About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...