Ship of Fools Volume I.
by Barclay, Alexander
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Jupiter , Florida, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1874. Hardcover. Very good. 4to (12" x 9"). Volume I. [5] - CXX, [1]-306pp. Soiled yellow cloth covers, paper label to spine, wear and 1/2 inch tear to head of spine, wear to tail, corners bumped. Light foxing to endpapers, "labor, omnia, vincit" book plate to front paste-down endpaper, handwritten "No. 31 150 copies large paper" and pinned in review to front free endpaper, hinges starting. Text block VG+, tight and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1333
- Title
- Ship of Fools Volume I.
- Author
- Barclay, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Paterson
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1874
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Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
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About the Seller
Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
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Jupiter , Florida
About Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
Liberty Book Store, ABAA, FABA, IOBA, with offices in Jupiter Florida, is an online (and by appointment) antiquarian bookstore that BUYS and SELLS RARE and INTERESTING BOOKS. Our primary interests are the American Antebellum period, Association Copies, Automotive, Books With A Story, Floridiana, Maritime History, RR Donnelley bindings, and books of exceptional beauty or scarcity.
Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....