Suppressed Plates, Wood Engravings, &c. Together with other Curiosities Germane Thereto being an Account of Certain Matters Peculiarly Alluring to the Collector
by LAYARD (George Somes)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Adam and Charles Black. 1907. First Edition, xiii,[i],254 + [2]pp., of adverts, frontis., 23 plates, illustrs., in the text, inner hinges slightly shaken, orig. decorated cloth, a little rubbed with the spine dulled, t.e.g.
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- Bookseller
- Forest Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22471
- Title
- Suppressed Plates, Wood Engravings, &c. Together with other Curiosities Germane Thereto being an Account of Certain Matters Peculiarly Alluring to the Collector
- Author
- LAYARD (George Somes)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black. 1907
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Forest Books
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Grantham, Lincolnshire
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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....