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Stuart Life and Manners
by P. F. William Ryan
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1912. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1912. First Published. 345 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Heavy cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, first few pages detached but still present. Pages have light tanning and moderate foxing throughout, heavier to first few pages and text block edges. Plates are lightly tanned with some foxing. Pencil inscriptions to title pages and page 1. Stains markings and tears to some pages throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate sunning to spine with slight crushing to spine ends. Mottling to both boards and staining to spine. Gilt lettering is slightly faded.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1627549900EMB
- Title
- Stuart Life and Manners
- Author
- P. F. William Ryan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1912
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- 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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