A SERIES OF PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF SEATS OF THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND Volumes III
by Morris, The Rev. F. O
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Mackenzie, 1880. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition First State. 4to. Not dated but circa 1870 - 80. Bound in the publisher's red polished calf binding with cloth boards and gilt vignette to the front board. The volume has 40 fine highly finished lithographic plates with tissue guards including the half title, with separate letterpress and lithographic title page. Binding in fair condition with rubbing, chipped leather and edges, cloth somewaht water stained. Contents very good and tight, just the occasional spotting to a few tissue guards and letterpress pages, all edges gilt, plates very clean,, original endpapers unmarked, no inscriptions. Internally very clean with worn binding..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035840
- Title
- A SERIES OF PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF SEATS OF THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND Volumes III
- Author
- Morris, The Rev. F. O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition First State
- Publisher
- William Mackenzie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Topography and Travel - British;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
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