TOM BROWN AT OXFORD
by [Hughes Thomas]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan and Co, 1881. New Edition. With black and white illustrations throughout. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth, the spine and upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt and black. xii, 546 (8 ads) pp. A handsome copy with evidence of an old dampstain to the lower cover, back inner hinge shaken. A HANDSOME COPY. A semi-autobiographical novel based on the experiences of Hughes and his two brothers at Rugby and Oxford. Tom Brown has been tremendously influential to the genre of British school novels from Bunter’s Greyfriars to Mr. Chips to Howgarths
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33216
- Title
- TOM BROWN AT OXFORD
- Author
- [Hughes Thomas]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1881
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- 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....