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English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century
by James Anthony Froude
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1922. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5" . None . A beautiful leather-bound new impression of James Anthony Froude's study of English fishermen in the sixteenth century. A study of English naval history by James Anthony Froude, English historian and editor of Fraser's Magazine. Compiled from a series of lectures delivered at Oxford in 1893-4. A new impression. Prize binding with bookplate to front pastedown to 'Peter Little.' In half diced calf binding over cloth covered boards, titles in gilt to spine, gilt tooling to spine, gilt to top edge. Externally lovely. Light minor odd spotting to fore edge, not affecting pages that remain bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 859A19
- Title
- English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century
- Author
- James Anthony Froude
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- James Anthony Froude english seamen history england english seamen
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fore Edge
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
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- Fine
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
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