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The Divine Comedy - Three Volumes in One
by Alighieri, Dante and Charles Eliot Norton(Translator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/N/A
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good/N/A. Revised edition of the author's translation originally published in 1891 In brown cloth embossed with author's profile and name. Gilt to type on spine. In very nice shape apart from some moisture stains to top of rear board and top page ends with shallow bleed into top 1/8 - 1/4 inch of text block. Light rubbing/abrasion to top corner of text block and front edge of last few pages. Small note in pencil to rfep, otherwise clean with tight binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB006998DA
- Title
- The Divine Comedy - Three Volumes in One
- Author
- Alighieri, Dante and Charles Eliot Norton(Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Italian Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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