Reliques of Ancient English Poetry - Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Vol. I
by Thomas Percy
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 290 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Volume I. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Brown staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Some splits to spine ends. Notable black marks overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1676883172IEV
- Title
- Reliques of Ancient English Poetry - Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Vol. I
- Author
- Thomas Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell Petter & Galpin
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.