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The Rulers of the South: Sicily, Calabria, Malta, In Two Volumes, Vol. I
by Francis Marion Crawford
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1900. Hardcover. Good. 1900. No edition remarks. 391 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and design. Includes black and white illustrations and plates with tissue guards throughout. Black and white fold out maps. Vol. I of two volumes. Deckled edges. Gilt upper text block edge. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Pencil inscription to front paste down. Moderate tanning bands and mild foxing to end papers. Gilt upper text block edge has darkening to corner. Moderate tanning to other edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. White mark to lower corner of front board. Small dent to upper edge of front board. Mild scratching to rear board. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Gilt to spine is notably darkening, but remains bright on front board.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689749862BMP
- Title
- The Rulers of the South: Sicily, Calabria, Malta, In Two Volumes, Vol. I
- Author
- Francis Marion Crawford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1900
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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