Burma
by Max & Bertha Ferrars
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1900. Brick cloth, gilt spine title, extensive gilt decoration, blind border & framing to cover, blind publisher device to back board, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers / pastedown, tissued frontis, many black & white photo illustrations in the text & some full page & tissued, & two page map in the back; A good copy with interior front hinge cracked, handsome large bookplate inside front cover; 237 pages. . 8.75"X11".
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Raven Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HM6021
- Title
- Burma
- Author
- Max & Bertha Ferrars
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- Size
- 8.75"X11"
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About the Seller
White Raven Books
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Ypsilanti, Michigan
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
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