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William Caslon, Master of Letters
by Johnson Ball
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Roundwood Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1973. First Published. 494 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over yellow cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Pages and plates are bright and clear with light thumb marking and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1695194684CRA
- Title
- William Caslon, Master of Letters
- Author
- Johnson Ball
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Roundwood Press
- Date Published
- 1973
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...