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A Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney. (Knight, 1554 - 1586)
by FOX BOURNE, H.R.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Chapman and Hall, 1862 1st. Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Halfbound calf leather and marbled paper to boards. With raised banding and gilt decoration to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped, some minor darkening and rubbing to edges, some minor fading to spine label. Some minor foxing spots to prelims, rubbed stamp to title page. A couple of minor handling marks and occasional minor spots to pages, else a very good clean and tight copy. xv + 557pp.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93406
- Title
- A Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney. (Knight, 1554 - 1586)
- Author
- FOX BOURNE, H.R.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Chapman and Hall, 1862 1st
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES Military Leather Binding History Biography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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