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HISTORY OF EUROPE FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN M.DCCC.LXXXIX TO THE RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS IN M.DCCC.XV
by Alison, Archibald
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- Minor wear, but sound and very good, contents clean
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1844. Sixth edition. Minor wear, but sound and very good, contents clean. Sixth edition. Ten volumes. Bound by Hayday in full calf with marbled endpapers and text block edges, the spine with red and green title labels, the panels densely gilt, cover borders ruled in gilt and blind with small corner-pieces, gilt edges and turn-ins. Each volume with label on paste-down, "From the Library of Charles Dickens, Gadshill Place, June, 1870". This does not however comport with other volumes from Dickens' library that would require his personal bookplate as well.
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- Title
- HISTORY OF EUROPE FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN M.DCCC.LXXXIX TO THE RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS IN M.DCCC.XV
- Author
- Alison, Archibald
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor wear, but sound and very good, contents clean
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sixth edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1844
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- FINE BINDINGS;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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...
- Text Block
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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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
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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....
- Edges
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