The Land and the Book; Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn From the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land
by THOMSON, W. M
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
T Nelson and Sons 1864. Octavo, black leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, aeg, frontispeice & tissue guard, 718pp, illus, folding map to front, VG- (light scuffing to spine & extrems, light/moderate scuffing to boards with some surface loss, light soiling to top page edges with sl indentations, moderate scuffing to eps, light cracks to gutters, 14cm closed tear tofolding map- but still intact, moderate tanning & foxing throughout)
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- Title
- The Land and the Book; Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn From the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land
- Author
- THOMSON, W. M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T Nelson and Sons 1864
- Keywords
- religion theology illustrated Christianity literature Judaism Holy Land bible studies ancient history
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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...
- 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...