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Scraps and Sketches
by CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Circa 1882. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. FOLIO. - No publisher stated - Black & White reprint of works from 1828 to 1832 - Oblong Folio rebound in green morocco w/ gilt lettering to upper board and gilt-edged text block - Covers a little worn and marked w/ spine ends and corners chipped w/ boards exposed at corners - Edges of covers rubbed and slightly chipped - Hinges breached but not open - Contents toned and slightly grubby - Former owner signature to title page dated November 30th 1889 - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - 24 pages
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- Title
- Scraps and Sketches
- Author
- CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Date Published
- Circa 1882
- Size
- No dustwrapper
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Hay on Wye, Powys
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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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