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Studies and Illustrations of the Great Rebellion. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
by SANFORD John Langton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Parker,, 1858. 8vo., First Edition, last few leaves lightly spotted at margins; original navy coarse-grain cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut, expertly recased, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. With nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of T.B. Cornish on front paste-down, and 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Davies 209.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37033
- Title
- Studies and Illustrations of the Great Rebellion. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
- Author
- SANFORD John Langton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Parker,
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- military, english civil war, cromwell, oliver cromwell, sanford, john langton sanford, great rebellion, history
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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