The Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain. [First US Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE US EDITION
by CRAM Ralph Adams
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Marshall Jones, Boston MA,, [1927]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and plans; black cloth, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, an unusually bright, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its coloured bookplate on front paste-down, neat stamp on front free endpaper and small press-mark at tail of backstrip.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31912
- Title
- The Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain. [First US Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE US EDITION
- Author
- CRAM Ralph Adams
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Marshall Jones, Boston MA,
- Date Published
- [1927]
- Keywords
- topography, abbeys, monks, monastisicm, ralph adams cram
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...