THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne / Written by Himself
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1901. Hardcover. pp. vii, 556.,12mo,,Bound in original rust-coloured cloth with gilt spine titling,The covers show some scuffing. Binding a bit shaken but holding nicely. Very faint inscription, dated 1902, to front free endpaper. Contents unmarked. A nice copy. Bound in full green calf, with top edge gilt and ribbon marker. The text is printed on india paper.
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9900043269
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne / Written by Himself
- Author
- THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Bindings;BritLit;;;;;;;
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...