A Character of King Charles the Second: and Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
by Savile, George (Marquis if Halifax)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750. 1st edition. Very Good. tall octavo. full leather 183pp., Early binding in brown calf, gilt border to front board, five raised bands at spine & red spine label. OwnerÕs bookplate on front paste-down & occasional damp stains to a few pages o/w a very good copy. Scarce
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138595
- Title
- A Character of King Charles the Second: and Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
- Author
- Savile, George (Marquis if Halifax)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1750
- Size
- tall octavo
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About the Seller
Andrew Barnes Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
MELBOURNE, Victoria
About Andrew Barnes Booksellers
We are a general, Internet only bookseller with 25 years experience, specialising in Military & Russian material. We have operated on-line for 9 years
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
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