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The Highway and its Vehicles
by Belloc, Hilaire
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Studio Limited 1926. 4to. xvi, 40 pp., Illustrated with 131 plates. Gilt lettered green cloth binding with bevelled boards and top edge gilt. Minor marks to the boards, with some sunning to the spine and rubbing to the ends. Binding firm with slight wear to the rear hinge with webbing visible. Internally clean with slight darkening to the leaves. Illustrated with 131 plates in both black and white and colour. First edition, number 49 of a print run limited to 1250 copies. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1926.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67551
- Title
- The Highway and its Vehicles
- Author
- Belloc, Hilaire
- Format/Binding
- Gilt Lettered Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Studio Limited 1926
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 4to.
- Keywords
- transport,carriages,cars,travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Transport;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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London, Greater London
About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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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