Windsor Castle and the Water-way Thither ( Our Native Land - New Series )
by Adams, W. H. Davenport
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Marcus Adams, 1880. Half-Leather. Good+. Jones F. And Pritchett, R. T. Beautifully Illustrated, with 12 Pasted Down Watercolour Sketches after F. Jones and 74 B&W In Text Illustrations by R. T. Pritchett. 144 Pages. 11" Tall. Contemporary Brown Half Leather cover with 4 Gilt Decorated Raised Bands to spine. Front and rear boards have purplish/brown dimpled cloth with leather corners. 1" wide leather at spine ends. Leather edges blind tooled. All page edges red. Some wear to cover, mainly around edges and the lower compartment of leather is missing from the spine (see photo). Front hinge cracked. Pages and Plates in very nice condition. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005721
- Title
- Windsor Castle and the Water-way Thither ( Our Native Land - New Series )
- Author
- Adams, W. H. Davenport
- Illustrator
- Jones F. And Pritchett, R. T
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Marcus Adams
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/TRAVEL/ARCHITECTURE/ENGLISH TOWNS & COUNTRYSIDE/ILUISTRATED BOOKS/WINDSOR CASTLE
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Cornish Books
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
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