The Comic History of England from Julius Caesar to George II.
by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Dicks, no date [c. 1890]. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), 339pp, iii [index]. 220 illustrations by John Leech. Later binding of plain red cloth, with the original printed wrappers bound in. There is some waterstaining of the boards, the endpapers are foxed, and there is an ownership inscription (dated 1891); overall, this book is just about in good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54252
- Title
- The Comic History of England from Julius Caesar to George II.
- Author
- Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Dicks, no date [c. 1890].
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...