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The Pocket Lacon; Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts for the Best Authors
by John Taylor
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Milner, 1845. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1845. Third Edition. 462 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Soiled brown marking to front free endpaper. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Stained brown marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Moderate splits to spine joints. Scuffing and minor brown marking overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1631511272MHP
- Title
- The Pocket Lacon; Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts for the Best Authors
- Author
- John Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Milner
- Date Published
- 1845
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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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