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The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon Esq Written by Himself: Catherine, A Story
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: MacMillan & Co, 1911. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Furniss, Harry. xxvii, 428pp, tissue guarded black and white frontispiece, 37 black and white illustrated plates. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt design on front, gilt titles and decoration on spine; text block edges untrimmed. 8vo. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Rubbed spine ends, cloth wearing; shelf number label on spine; corners rubbed and rounded, light shelf wear to boards. Endpapers lightly tanned and foxed. Lender's stamps, labels and markings on endpapers and prelims. Internally pages are neat, clean, bright and tight, barring the occasional light spotting. Bibliographical Note by Lewis Melville. Artist's Preface by Harry Furniss.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022070
- Title
- The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon Esq Written by Himself: Catherine, A Story
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- Furniss, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.76 lbs
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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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