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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH IN TWO VOLUMES With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution.
by Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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About This Item
United Kingdom: J & B Williams. 1828. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Both volumes Very Good or better. Owner name inked on FEP of both volumes. Front hinge cracked on both volumes. Open tearing on spine crown and heel and panel corners. Light soiling on front and rear panels of both volumes. Shelfwear on spine side edges and top and bottom edges of front and rear panels of both volumes. Foxing throughout text blocks of both volumes. .
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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312818
- Title
- THE LIFE AND DEATH OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH IN TWO VOLUMES With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution.
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Fine binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- J & B Williams
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1828
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Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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,...
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