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THE WONDERS OF THE MODERN RAILWAY [Prize- binding]
by Archibald Williams
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 162 ; eight illustrations, frontispiece plate. Privately bound polished calf prize binding for The Harvey Grammar School, gilt vignette to the front board, gilt decoration to the spine and boards, red spine label, a little light wear, uneven fading to the front board, small area of insect damage to rear board. Contents clean and tight, ornate marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, hinges good and strong, all plates clean. A very good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036116
- Title
- THE WONDERS OF THE MODERN RAILWAY [Prize- binding]
- Author
- Archibald Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley, Service & Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transport;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
We are pleased to offer a full refund on any item, if it is returned within 14. If it is not as described, we will also be happy to reimburse shipping costs, otherwise we will only refund the cost of the item. The above only applies if we receive the item back in the same condition that it was sent. We are happy to send books under 1kg free in the UK
About the Seller
Loe Books
Biblio member since 2006
Launceston, Cornwall
About Loe Books
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We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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....
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
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