SAINT ANDREWS AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS; Being the Third Edition of Dr Grierson's Deliniations, containing much curious and valuable information never before printed by Grierson, James
- Bookseller: Maxwell's Bookmark
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 7284
- Format: Bound in 3/4 calf with marbled boards. Edges untrimmed
- Book condition: Pages 237-247 contain golf. This appears to be a variant imprint with the frontispiece imprinted "St Andrews / Melville Fl
- Jacket condition: Scuffing to leather extemities, some wear to boards else very good. Rare
- Edition: 3rd edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: G.S.Tullis
- Place: Cupar:
- Date published: 1838
Description
Cupar:: G.S.Tullis, 1838. 3rd edition. Bound in 3/4 calf with marbled boards. Edges untrimmed. Pages 237-247 contain golf. This appears to be a variant imprint with the frontispiece imprinted "St Andrews / Melville Fletcher / 1838" although the title page list Cupar as the city of publication/Scuffing to leather extemities, some wear to boards else very good. Rare. Illustrated with 12 copper plates.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
calf : Leather binding made from calfskin. Most common form of leather binding.
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.
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