Old Picture Books: With Other Essays on Bookish Subjects
by Alfred W. Pollard
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Methuen and Co, 1902. Hard cover. Good/No jacket. Corners and edges of covers rubbed, gilt stamps bright and clean. Light spotting on end leaves only, otherwise clean inside. One small sticker from previous seller on inside back cover. Weak front and back hinges but boards still well attached. Spine cracked in one spot but all pages present and attached.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Moe's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1128366
- Title
- Old Picture Books: With Other Essays on Bookish Subjects
- Author
- Alfred W. Pollard
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co
- Date Published
- 1902
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About the Seller
Moe's Books
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Berkeley, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...