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Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft Drawn and Etched by E.W.Cooke. [ with 65 Plates ]
by Cooke E. W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, 1829. Book measures 31x26.cm. Complete with 65 plates, index showing only 50 listed plates?. Bound in period embossed cloth, with gilt ship on top board,coloured endpapers, full gilt edges.. At some time the book has been rebacked, retaining part of the original spine. Cloth rubbed on corners of boards, with some loss. Generally a good clean firm binding. Internally, 65 plates, of which 9 have moderate to slightly heavier spotting, about 25 others have light spotting, otherwise plates clean. A nice copy. F. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012491
- Title
- Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft Drawn and Etched by E.W.Cooke. [ with 65 Plates ]
- Author
- Cooke E. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1829
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Shipping.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Naval;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
Should any book not fulfill its description, please contact us, a full refund will be offered if the book is returned within 14 days of purchase, and in the condition in which it was sent.
About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- 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...
- Quarto
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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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