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TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS
by AN OLD BOY [THOMAS HUGHES]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO, 1876 Full red calf leather with five raised bands, gilt compartments, laid on black leather title slip and gilt titles, hand sewn two colour head and tail bands, 155 x 105 mm approx. marbled end papers with matching edges to book block, xx + 360 pp, Illustrated title. Preface to sixth edition. Good (Heavy rubbing to leather with crack to front board, sewing cords holding, foxing and browning to reverse of made end papers and prelims, with ink prize insc. to reverse of front blank dated 1877. No other notable defects).A book in Macmillan's "Golden Treasury" series in a contemporary school prize binding which although rubbed remains an attractive tactile tome.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128374
- Title
- TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS
- Author
- AN OLD BOY [THOMAS HUGHES]
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MACMILLAN AND CO
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- Tom Brown's School Days, Thomas Hughes, 1876 , Leather Prize Bindings, Fiction,
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.