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Things Not Generally Known Familiarly Explained
John Timbs
1859
Kent and Co. : London
7" by 5"
vi, 248, 30pp
SUMMARY
A charming little volume containing all manner of general knowledge anecdotes.
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
With sections of all manner of important things, such as law, foods, money, customs, the weather and language.
Written by John Timbs, an antiquary and writer.
With a library bookplate for St. Thomas Charterhouse's free lending library.
The second edition, fourth thousand of this work.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a touch bumped to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, binding is strained to the front hinge, which is exposed. Binding is tender throughout. Pages have just the odd spot.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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