A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great
by Bury, J. B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: MacMillan, 1900. reprint. Very Good. small octavo. full leather xxiii + 909pp., frontis., b/w pls., text ills., maps, fldg. col. maps, index, Split between front board & spine o/w nice tight copy with raised bands on spine & gilt device of St. Columbus College. Also Prize-label on front paste-down
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A109133
- Title
- A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great
- Author
- Bury, J. B
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- small octavo
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....