A HISTORY OF CRITICISM AND LITERARY TASTE IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TEXTS TO THE PRESENT DAY IN THREE VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
by GEORGE SAINTSBURY
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
EDINBURGH AND LONDON: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS LTD., 1934 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth with gilt spine title. Secure bindings (vol. 3 slightly shaken & mild crack at end of vol. 1) and clean pages with mild cover wear, light cover soil and corner tip creases. About 9 x 6 with 499, 593 and 659 pp. Scarce three volume set! .
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- Bookseller
- Rose City Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111021255
- Title
- A HISTORY OF CRITICISM AND LITERARY TASTE IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TEXTS TO THE PRESENT DAY IN THREE VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
- Author
- GEORGE SAINTSBURY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS LTD.
- Place of Publication
- EDINBURGH AND LONDON
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rose City Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Rose City Books
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- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Cloth
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