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The Life of Samuel Johnson, together with A Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides, Vol. III
by James Boswell, Percy Fitzgerald
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bickers and Son, 1874. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1874. No Edition Stated. 525 pages. No dust jacket. Vol. III. Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate to front paste down. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with large splits and some loss to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1665581827CRT
- Title
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, together with A Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides, Vol. III
- Author
- James Boswell, Percy Fitzgerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bickers and Son
- Date Published
- 1874
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- Jacket
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- Plate
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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