Westminster Abbey - Its Memories And Its Message
by Mary Sturgeon
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George G. Harrap & Co, 1921. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1921. First Edition. 221 pages. Full bound in brown leather with gilt lettering to spine an debossed lettering to front. Black and white illustrated plates throughout by Louis Weirter, all present as expected. Upper block edge gilt. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Pages adjacent to plates on both sides have intense tanning. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to leather to spine. Scratches to rear board. A little rubbed and marked overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1697631656IEV
- Title
- Westminster Abbey - Its Memories And Its Message
- Author
- Mary Sturgeon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co
- Date Published
- 1921
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...