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Remains of Pagan Saxondom.
by AKERMAN, John Yonge
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Richelieu, France
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About This Item
London: John Russell Smith, 1855. First Edition. Original green full buckram, with paper label pasted to the spine. Half-title, vignette title page (Anglo-Saxon Barrows in Greenwich Park), xxviii, 84, with 40 fine plates, printed in colours and hand-finished, captioned J.Basire del set sc., grandson of James Basire, mentor to Blake. Owner's signature of Francis Vine. He was the vicar of Eastington, Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, member of Kent Archaeological society. and author of "Caesar in Kent: an Account of the Landing of Julius Caesar and His Battles With the Ancient Briton" Published in 1888. No doubt this work was an essential reference to him. The buckram is in good clean condition, but with a couple of small splits to the spine edges. Paper label darkened and a little chipped. Library label to the front pastedown. Intermittent small library stamps throughout. Owner's signature to the half title. Binding is a little shaken, but holding. Intermittent foxing. Overall a nice copy. xxviii, 1-84 + plates. 300 by 230mm (11¾ by 9 inches).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2218
- Title
- Remains of Pagan Saxondom.
- Author
- AKERMAN, John Yonge
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Russell Smith
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- archaeology, Anglo-Saxon, Barrows,Greenwich Park,
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About the Seller
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
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Richelieu
About Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Harrison-Hiett is a small, family run business. Originally based in England we have re-located our business to Europe. We now live in the Netherlands, where we spend our time visiting and exhibiting at fairs.
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- Edges
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- Buckram
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- 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...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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