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A Church Dictionary. IN ATTRACTIVE BINDING.
by Hook. Walter Farquhar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1859. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original full leather hardcover with front and rear boards ruled in gilt,spine heavily decorated in gilt with five raised bands,original black leather spine label lettered in gilt,board edges decorated in gilt,807 pages,minor rubbing to extremities,names to flyleaf,otherwise near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101920
- Title
- A Church Dictionary. IN ATTRACTIVE BINDING.
- Author
- Hook. Walter Farquhar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- Fine Bindings. Leather Bindings.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
All books sold as complete unless stated otherwise. Books may be returned within two weeks if not as described. We post three times a week using Royal Mail. Tracking is not available unless requested and will be at considerable extra cost.
About the Seller
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
Biblio member since 2003
Carmarthenshire
About Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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