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The Year-book of the Country; the Field, the Forest, and the Fireside.

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The Year-book of the Country; the Field, the Forest, and the Fireside.

by Howitt, William

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London: Henry Colburn Publisher A handsome high quality full leather binding with 5 raised bands on spine. no date - mid to later 19th century. 8vo 7 3/4" x 5". viii, 445 pages. The 12 months of the year are the chapters. With engraved illustrations from designs by Birket Foster at beginning of each chapter. Marbled endpages. Page edges brightly gilded. Front and rear boards blindstamped. Boards tooled in gilt on edges and elaborate dentelle gilding on inside edge as well. Spine stamped in gilt with black title and red author leather labels. Most of title label on spine is missing. Tightly bound. Very good condition. .

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Year-book of the Country; the Field, the Forest, and the Fireside.
Author
Howitt, William
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Henry Colburn Publisher
Place of Publication
London
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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...
Dentelle
Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
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...
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...
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