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The French Revolution: A History (Volume III, The Guillotine)
by Carlyle, Thomas
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Chapman and Hall. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume III (of III) only. Undated (circa 1900s). viii, 360pp; 3 black and white tissue-guarded plates, including frontispiece. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine., text block edges untrimmed. 8vo. Heavy rubbing to head of spine with small loss of cloth, heel lightly rubbed. Corners lightly rubbed and rounded. Text block edges moderately tanned and foxed. Endpapers and prelims moderately foxed. Internally pages are age toned with occasional spotting, otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight. Centenary Edition, The Works of Thomas Carlyle in Thirty Volumes. Vol IV The French Revolution, III, The Guillotine.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015059
- Title
- The French Revolution: A History (Volume III, The Guillotine)
- Author
- Carlyle, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French Revolution
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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