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KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY. AN OLD ENGLISH BALLAD HEREIN SET FORTH, IN NEW FASHION
by M. W. [William] Hinscliff
- Used
- Condition
- Good binding
- Seller
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1885. Pictorial Boards. Good binding. A copy of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury, illustrated by William Hinscliff. An amusing, rhyming ditty about the heavy taxes of bad King John. Heavily illustrated, with capitals in red. Illustrated half title and title page. Loss to the fore edge of the title page, not affecting the text; foxing to the preliminaries. Surface loss to the front and rear boards, and some silverfishing. Quarter maroon cloth over blue pictorial paper boards. Beveled edges. Folio. Good binding.
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- Bookseller
- Black Swan Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 284734
- Title
- KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY. AN OLD ENGLISH BALLAD HEREIN SET FORTH, IN NEW FASHION
- Author
- M. W. [William] Hinscliff
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1885
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Black Swan Books, Inc.
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Richmond, Virginia
About Black Swan Books, Inc.
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- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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