London: Albemarle Street: John Murray, 1854. Fourth Edition . Fine Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Size 16mo, 6½" x 4¼". Green morocco with triple gilt frames to the front and rear covers with gilt dentelles to the corners. 5 raised bands to the spine decorated with tiny gilt hatches. Gilt titles on a red leather panel in the second compartment, tiny little tooled gilt flowers in the other compartments. Marbled page edges. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. 135 pages. Condition very good, rubbing to the bottom edge of the cover nd top edge of the spine. Contents clean and complete. A pretty little book.

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Bookseller: Lazarus Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010257
Title: Notes from Life in Six Essays.
Author: Taylor, Henry
Format/Binding: Fine Binding
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Fourth Edition
Publisher: John Murray
Place of Publication: London: Albemarle Street
Date Published: 1854
Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Fine Binding: An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
ND: no publisher's date given
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.