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Some account of the Church of Saint John the Baptist at Bishopstone in the County of Wilts : with illustrations of its architecture
by Carter Owen B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Weale, 1845. Book measures 29x23.cm. Collation, 7pp, 17 plates, some double page. Bound in quarter calf, cloth boards, gilt title lettering. Library number on spine, some minor wear. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, number in ink on verso of title, no other library marks. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A good clean solid copy. . Hardcover. Near Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014208
- Title
- Some account of the Church of Saint John the Baptist at Bishopstone in the County of Wilts : with illustrations of its architecture
- Author
- Carter Owen B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Publisher
- John Weale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Church Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Antiquarian; Architecture;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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