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The Queen's London: A Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks, and Scenery of the Great Metropolis in the Fifty-Ninth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Front hinge very tender, boards worn at corners and spine extremities.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket; Front hinge very tender, boards worn at corners . and spine extremities.. 1896. Hardcover. 370 photographs of Victorian London, from views of the River Thames, castles, street scenes, shops, gardens, historic landmarks. Frontispiece photograph of Queen Victoria heavily draped in lace. Measures 9.5 x 12 inches. Blue pebbled beveled cloth with elaborate rose design stamped on front boards in black and titled in gilt. Rear boards blindstamped with royal coat of arms. All edges gilt. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38737
- Title
- The Queen's London: A Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks, and Scenery of the Great Metropolis in the Fifty-Ninth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Front hinge very tender, boards worn at corners and spine extremities.
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victorian England, LONDON, English History, 1890s London
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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