The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington
by G. R. Gleig
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green and Co., 1897. Hardcover. Good. 1897. New Edition. 500 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Slight colour bleeding to front hinge and pastedown. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has noticeable tanning with prominent fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1678097940ADA
- Title
- The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington
- Author
- G. R. Gleig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Date Published
- 1897
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....