Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour
by FOX-DAVIES, ARTHUR CHARLES
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
TC & EC Jack London 1905. Quarto, brown buckram boards with red lettering in gilt decorative panel to spine & gilt lettering to front board, teg, xxxi + 1524pp, illus, VG+ (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to rear board, owners' ex-libris labels to front pastedown & to fep, tanning & foxing)
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- Title
- Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour
- Author
- FOX-DAVIES, ARTHUR CHARLES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- TC & EC Jack London 1905
- Keywords
- Arthur Charles Fox-Davies heraldry coats of arms armorial bearings shields genealogy seals reference history
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.