Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States VOL II
by Lalor, John J
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles E. Merrill & Co. , 1888. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. 1055 pages, indexed. SECOND VOLUME ONLY. Hardcover rebound in brown buckram. EX-LIBRARY copy. White shelf numbers written at the foot of the spine. The binding is worn and has some scuffing but is sound. All edges of text block are marbled. Corners of some pages are missing. Toning to the text. A sturdy reading or reference copy.
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- Seller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 040693
- Title
- Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States VOL II
- Author
- Lalor, John J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles E. Merrill & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- 1888; John J. Lalor; Political History; Americana; Political Science; 19th Century; Reference; Dictionary; Encyclopedia.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Political Science;
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
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