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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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About This Item
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1905. Octavo. . Frontispiece, 718pp., illustrated with tissue guards present. This edition was designed for the British readers which takes us over a part of Southern Syria and over Palestine, but in a direction opposite to that pursued by most travelers. Most often, travelers enter from the South. The author takes us on his tour through the North side. There is a large color folding map of Palestine, a map of lake Tiberias and a folding plan of Jerusalem. An interesting travel book that discusses plants, animals, caves, burial customs and more. Given as a gift presented by the Governors of Christ's Hospital to A.W. Cockmill for Deputy Grecians class examination July, 1921. A beautiful copy bound in full tree calf trimmed in gilt, raised bands with compartments beautifully stamped in gilt, brown morocco spine label gilt, marbled endpapers(renewed at some point) all edges marbled, no foxing except a few spots to endsheets, clean and fresh internally.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022561
- 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
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Holy Land Biblical Illustrations Manners Customs Liverpool Institute High School
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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