Great Pictures: As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
by Singleton, Esther, Editor and Translator
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
£11.96£9.57
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About This Item
Dodd, Mead and Company, 1905. Book. Illus. by Illustrated in Black & White . Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with gilt decoration and titles on front and spine. Top edge gilt. Gilt on covers is bright. Rubbing/wear to tips & spine ends. Binding is firm. Spine is moderately shaken. Moderate soiling/age discoloration to endpapers, with names at front; age spotting at ends; otherwise interior is evenly toned, free of markings, with limited light soiling/spotting in margins, limited creasing to upper page corners. .
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 085416
- Title
- Great Pictures: As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
- Author
- Singleton, Esther, Editor and Translator
- Illustrator
- Illustrated in Black & White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
Small World Books, LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
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Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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....
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...