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History of Europe from the Commencement of the French revolution in MCDDLXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV -- vol. 7
by Alison, Archibald
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good +. Ninth Edition. vi, 394 p., 2 leaves of plates; 19 cm. Contemporary half dark green morocco with dark green morocco-grain cloth over boards. Red leather spine labels in two spine compartments with gilt-tooled title, author, and volume number; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. This volume covers from 1807 and 1808. In Very Good+ Condition: corners rubbed; a few page corners creased; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Title
- History of Europe from the Commencement of the French revolution in MCDDLXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV -- vol. 7
- Author
- Alison, Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Bookseller catalogs
- History & Politics; European History;
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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