Of the Imitation of Christ
by Thomas A. Kempis
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Walter Scott Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper with heavier tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and heavier bumping to corners. Dents to edges and fair crushing to spine ends. Minor rubbing to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1644497113EMB
- Title
- Of the Imitation of Christ
- Author
- Thomas A. Kempis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Walter Scott Limited
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.