A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry Volume 1 & 2
by Burke, Sir Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: London: Heraldry Today, 1970. 2 vols in one. Reproduced from the original edition 1891-5. Light edgewear to corners and spine ends, boards clean with light rubbing and feint stains in places, cocked, ex-library copy with library stamps and markings to front endpapers, ghost sticker marks to endpapers, rear hinge badly cracked exposing netting, pp clean and clear to read.. Hard. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo Thick. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 64418
- Title
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry Volume 1 & 2
- Author
- Burke, Sir Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- London: Heraldry Today
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo Thick
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
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About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.