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History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third: To Which is Added the Story of Perkin Warbeck From Original Documents
by James Gairdner
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press, 1898. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1898. No Edition Remarks. 388 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with brown cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Book plate to front pastedown. Heavy tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and major foxing to title page and frontis. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and foxing. Heavier bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Peeling to spine and corners. Splitting to joints.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1635927952IEV
- Title
- History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third: To Which is Added the Story of Perkin Warbeck From Original Documents
- Author
- James Gairdner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date Published
- 1898
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Half Bound
- ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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