The Table Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men, Manners, Times, Seasons, Solemnities, Merry-Making, Antiquities and Novelties, Forming a Complete History of the Year
by Hone, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock, Bowden. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1892. Reprint. Hardcover. 1878 reprint of the 1832 edition. University library withdrawal in bright blue cloth with zodiac to front cover; gilt decoration still bright; tight text with bright clean pages. 114 engravings; 870 pages .
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- Bookseller
- B-Line Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43123
- Title
- The Table Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men, Manners, Times, Seasons, Solemnities, Merry-Making, Antiquities and Novelties, Forming a Complete History of the Year
- Author
- Hone, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock, Bowden
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Bookseller catalogs
- History-British;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
B-Line Books
Biblio member since 2003
Amherst, Nova Scotia
About B-Line Books
B-Line Books is an internet business operating from my large home in Amherst, Nova Scotia. I am a retired English teacher with a lifetime of gathered books for sale. Presently, about 24,000 books in 90 categories are listed with an emphasis in the humanities. I look for books I am interested in myself, and feel that most of the inventory is of high quality. See for yourself.
Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...