The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
by W. Garrett Horder (Ed.)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1920. No Edition Stated. 598 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked with netting visible, thus the board is slack. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. Paper remnants along front hinge. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1713345700LEE
- Title
- The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author
- W. Garrett Horder (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1920
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- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...