Peg Woffington
by Reade, CHarles
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Sons, 1899. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo. (li) 298 pp. Introduction Austin Dobson, b/w illustrations Hugh Thomson, red cloth/gilt decoration front cover/all edges gilt. Spine ends frayed, long tear in cloth at spine edge, slightly cocked, back hinge broken, name front end paper, gilt dulled, spine, good-, contents good+; no dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Abstract Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009344
- Title
- Peg Woffington
- Author
- Reade, CHarles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- George Allen & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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