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The Variorum Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very good
- Seller
-
Denver, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Twayne Publishers, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Annotations and intro by Walter Harding. Rubbing to jacket with chipping, small tears and moderate shelf wear around the edges. LIquid damage to front cover and liner flap, though this is mostly evident only on the interior side. Same liquid damage is evident on front boards. Corners and spine ends bumped and softened. Previous owner's name on front endpaper and small marks (underlining and check marks) to the last section, "Notes" in rear of book. Mild staining to fore and bottom edges of text block. Binding remains fairly strong.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sparrow's Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07721
- Title
- The Variorum Walden
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Twayne Publishers
- Date Published
- 1962
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About the Seller
Sparrow's Bookshop
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Denver, Colorado
About Sparrow's Bookshop
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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