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London
by Dark, Sidney; Pennell, Joseph (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Pennell, Joseph. Handsome, well-preserved guide to the wonders of London, profusely illustrated with duotone engravings comprising full-page plates & a frontispiece Joseph Pennell. In 176 pages, sewn binding, deckled page edges. Tissue overlay to frontispiece is heavily tanned, but completely intact. A First Edition from 1924, this hardcover book has a deep blue cloth binding decorated with a gilt coat of arms ("Domine Dirige Nos") to front board & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is solidly VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages moderately tanned, heavier around all edges, commensurate with age. Old store sticker from Brentanos, Paris, inside rear cover.Flaws: modest corner bumping, rubbing to extremities. Worst flaw is heavy tanning to endpapers (as if newspaper clippings had been laid in, a few foxed spots to title page. No DJ, likely as issued. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016257
- Title
- London
- Author
- Dark, Sidney; Pennell, Joseph (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Pennell, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- LONDON ENGLAND TRAVEL GUIDE ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATION ENGRAVINGS SIGHTSEEING TOURIST TOURISM BUILDINGS HISTORY HISTORICAL EUROPE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Writing/Publishing/Journalism/Writers/Words;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Spine
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
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- Title Page
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