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Barclay's Universal English Dictionary, Including a Complete Modern Gazetteer and Atlas, With a full explanation of difficult Words & Technical Terms in all Trades, Professions, Arts & Sciences
by [BARCLAY, James]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Halifax: Nicholson, nd. Hardcover. Fair. Mostly unpaginated dictionary with text in two columns per page. 27 cm. Frontispiece map, title vignette and 8 other maps. From our As Is shelf. Leather binding wrapped in brown paper. Leather deteriorating, cracks in spine. Both boards detached, as are first pages up to p. iv and a few pages in Appendix. Edges worn. Brown paper has tears and chips and is chipping off the rear board. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Small tear at bottom of folding frontispiece map. First and last pages are darkened, soiled, worn at edges. Most pages between darkening a bit but neat and clean. Needs TLC.
Maps included: Chart of the World (folding frontispiece); North America; South America; Asia; Europe; France; Germany; Italy; Spain and Portugal.
Maps included: Chart of the World (folding frontispiece); North America; South America; Asia; Europe; France; Germany; Italy; Spain and Portugal.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144777
- Title
- Barclay's Universal English Dictionary, Including a Complete Modern Gazetteer and Atlas, With a full explanation of difficult Words & Technical Terms in all Trades, Professions, Arts & Sciences
- Author
- [BARCLAY, James]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- Halifax
- Date Published
- nd
- Keywords
- Maps, Geography, Gazetteers. Atlases, Dictionaries, Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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London, Ontario
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 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...
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