Railways of England
by W.M.Acworth
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1890. xvi;427pp. including index. Blue cloth with brown cloth spine. Gilt lettering on front and spine. Decorated endpapers. With 57 illustrations in black and white. Front gutter weak. Some wear to extremities. Corners rubbed. Foxing to edges and margins and sometimes affecting text. Some pencil annotations.. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37032
- Title
- Railways of England
- Author
- W.M.Acworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
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About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...