The Alfred Jewel
by John Earle
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1901. A rare book about a rare Saxon jewel , with exquisite gilt reproduction drawings 196pp. plus fold out map of Athelney , spine a little faded with title .. Signature & Inscription of Previous Owner. First Edition. Hard Back Red Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrations & Map. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002637
- Title
- The Alfred Jewel
- Author
- John Earle
- Illustrator
- Illustrations & Map
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Saxon Jewelry. Early Jewelry.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; History; Illustrated Books;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...