Minute Book Kept by the War Committee of the Covenanters in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in the Years 1640 - 1641
by Nicholson, J
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
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About This Item
United Kingdom: J. Nicholson. Fair. 1855. Hardcover. An externally worn 1855 hardcover in somewhat soiled/marked blind stamped black cloth-covered boards heavily rubbed with some loss of the cloth particularly to the bottom board edges/corners, the backstrip is bumped/rubbed to the ends with some damage to the heel and loss to the head and missing from the back gutter, internally very good with both hinges tight and secure, front and back endpapers heavily shadowed, no writing or stamps, unmarked pages occasionally very slightly foxed and soiled to the text-block edges. An unlovely but very useful copy of the original. Scarce. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .
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- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15976
- Title
- Minute Book Kept by the War Committee of the Covenanters in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in the Years 1640 - 1641
- Author
- Nicholson, J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- J. Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Scottish Military History, Covenanters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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