William Blackwood and Sons Ltd, 1868. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Attractively bound in 3/4 dark green morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (some rubbing).

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Bookseller: Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 00535423
Title: Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers: And Other Poems
Author: Aytoun, William Edmondstoune
Format/Binding: Leather Binding
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons Ltd
Date Published: 1868
Keywords: Poetry AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDM SCOTTISH LITERATURE 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH POETRY ENGLISH LANGUAGE HISTORICAL BINDING LEATHER, , , , , , ,

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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....
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Marbled boards: ...
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...