Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome. With selections from the Essays
by Macaulay, Lord Thomas Babington
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Richard Edward King, 1893. Not Dated (1893 BL) Burgundy bds with Bevilled edges and bright Gilt titles, fresh with only faint shelf wear, bright Gilt top edge, pp 382 with clean text block, very sl. loose, has tanned eps not inscribed and very odd spot.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8995
- Title
- Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome. With selections from the Essays
- Author
- Macaulay, Lord Thomas Babington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Richard Edward King
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
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Auckland
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- SL.
- slight
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...