A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners.
by VERNE, Jules
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London., 1882. Third U.K. edition. [Translated by Mary Marston.] Octavo. pp iv, 286. 42 black and white plates. Period binding of half tan calf with raised bands, intricate gilt decoration to spine, morocco title-label, marbled boards, edges and endpapers.On the title-page someone has written the name of the translator. Two newspaper cuttings are affixed to the front endpapers. A bit of foxing here and there. Very good indeed.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VERNEJUL012375
- Title
- A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners.
- Author
- VERNE, Jules
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London.
- Date Published
- 1882
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...