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The Deeds of the English Kings
by William of Malmesbury
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London. Folio Society. 2014.. Hardback. Size 10 x 7 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to covers spine. Dark endpapers. With blue hard card slip case. In very good condition. With good slipcase. Slight shelf wear to slipcase. A very clean and tight copy. 568pp. Illustrated with colour plates. Edited and Translated by R.A.B. Mynors. Completed by R.M. Thomson and M. Winterbottom. Introduced by Peter Ackroyd.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88853
- Title
- The Deeds of the English Kings
- Author
- William of Malmesbury
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London. Folio Society. 2014.
- Keywords
- FOLIO SOCIETY publications William of Malmesbury, The Deeds of the English Kings, Slipcase, The Folio Society.
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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