Walter Savage Landor - a Biography
by Forster, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Book condition)
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869. Book. Very Good (Book condition). Buckram. Author's Edition. A very nice copy bound in green buckram with gilt lettering to spine and gilt lettering and illustration embossed on front cover. Some fraying and chipping to spine extremities. Corners rubbed and lightly bumped. Some minor rubbing to covers. Where bookplate once was (front paste down) there is some scraping and there is a chip missing from the second front free end page, else in excellent condition..
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- Bookseller
- Montreal Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 502660
- Title
- Walter Savage Landor - a Biography
- Author
- Forster, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Book condition)
- Edition
- Author's Edition
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1869
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Leather-Bound Books; Antiquarian & Leatherbounds; Biography (Literary);
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...