Selections From the Correspondence of the Late Macvey Napier
de Edited by his Son, Macvey Napier
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Macmillan and Co., 1879 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. xvi, 555 pp. First Edition, 1879. Owner's ex libris plate on front pastedown and embossed stamp at top edge title page. Lightly rubbed along bottom edge spine. Faintly foxed rear fly leaf with slightly age-toned text block edges. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 5.75" x 9". Green cloth with blind-stamped borders to front board, and gilt lettering to spine. I. Introductory; II. Correspondence Chiefly Relating to the Encyclopedia Britannica; III. Correspondence Relating to the Edinburgh Review; index. "MacVey Napier, (1776 - 1847, Edinburgh), Scottish lawyer, first professor of conveyancing at the University of Edinburgh, who was an innovative editor of the Supplement to the 4th, 5th, and 6th editions of Encyclopaedia Britannica and editor of the 7th edition. In 1829 he replaced Francis Jeffrey as principal editor of The Edinburgh Review.".
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- Librería
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 005307
- Título
- Selections From the Correspondence of the Late Macvey Napier
- Autor
- Edited by his Son, Macvey Napier
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good +
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Macmillan and Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1879
- Palabras clave
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING EDITORS ENCYLOPEDIA BRITANNICA AND EDINBURGH REVIEW CORRESPONDENCE LITERARY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING;
- Size
- Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Sobre West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
