The Tudor Venturers
by Hakluyt, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Slipcase
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Folio Society. Very Good/Very Good Slipcase. 1970. First Thus. Quarter Leather. 8vo Very good slipcase. Black leather spine, slight wear to edges, over brown (wood veneer effect ). Illustrated. 12 plates (2 double page). (illustrator). Lge 8vo. Selected from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffics and Discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or over Land and edited by John Hampden. Quarter black leather over (wood veneer effect )brown paper covered boards, gilt titling, gilt and blue decoration. Map end papers. Previous owner's ownership label on f. paste down. Introduction; index. Grey endpapers with maps. 310 pages clean and tight. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144713
- Title
- The Tudor Venturers
- Author
- Hakluyt, Richard
- Illustrator
- Plates
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good Slipcase
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...