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Westminster
by Walter BESANT
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Haywards Heath, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chatto & Windus, 1897 Chatto & Windus, London, 1897, a new edition, half leather binding with blue cloth, edges and spine very worn and rubbed, the spine has a small tear at the top, presentation bookplate of Aske's Hatcham School for Girls on front paste-down dated 1905, pages are tanned with age, all edges gilt, the binding is cracked at the front preliminary pages but remains secure, a nice copy of a profusely illustrated book [Box 19]
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ramblingsid's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001098
- Title
- Westminster
- Author
- Walter BESANT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ramblingsid's Books
Biblio member since 2012
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
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