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KING FROST: THE WONDERS OF SNOW AND ICE; THE TERRORS OF KING FROST; AMUSEMENTS
by Thorpe, Mrs
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Isbister and Company, Limited, 1887. No edition stated. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo. 6 3/4" x 4 3/4." pp. 224. With 70 b&w illustrations. Rebound in lovely red calf, gilt-leaf roll with Grove Park School, Wrexham emblem gilt-stamped to front cover. Moderate rubbing to extremities, corners peeping. 5 raised bands. Black leather spine label with letters in gilt. Marbled edges and endpapers with gilt dentelles. Ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, dated Xmas 1902. Pages lightly toned, very clean. Plates, in-line illustrations, vignette headpieces and tailpieces throughout. Double ruled in gilt with decorative gilt motifs. A lovely little book perhaps to present to your arctic-based friends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86066
- Title
- KING FROST: THE WONDERS OF SNOW AND ICE; THE TERRORS OF KING FROST; AMUSEMENTS
- Author
- Thorpe, Mrs
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No edition stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Isbister and Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Folklore
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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