Illustrated Regional Guides to Ancient Monuments in the Ownership or Guardianship of The Ministry of Works. Volume IV. South Wales and Monmouthshire
by Sir Cyril Fox
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1956. Second Impression. 57 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Volume IV. Contains black and white plates. Fold out map to page 57 attached. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Plates are bright and clear. Fold out map has slight tanning and minimal tears. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Slight bumping to corners. Notable crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Small areas of loss to front panel. Closed tears to rear panel. Rubbing marks to front and rear panel.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1637661378IEV
- Title
- Illustrated Regional Guides to Ancient Monuments in the Ownership or Guardianship of The Ministry of Works. Volume IV. South Wales and Monmouthshire
- Author
- Sir Cyril Fox
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Date Published
- 1956
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...