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A Chronicle of England, B.C. 55-A.D. 1485 by Doyle, James E
- Bookseller: Warwick Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 2926
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Description
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green. 1864. Hardcover. First edition. Fine condition in heavy black album-like leather boards with raised bands along spine and a gilt design. All edges patterned and gilt. Inside rim of leather is elaborately gilt tooled. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate. Gift inscription inked via steel pen on free endpage. Light wear along leather edges, rubbed at corners. Last page only has light foxing. Gilt is intact. Spine is solid. Binding is solid. Interior of book is fine, with fine color plates engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. 462 pp. including index. Scan available.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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. Also known as the back.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
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