Annals of Glasgow Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities and the Rise and Progress of the City
by CLELAND, James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Without Dust Wrapper
- Seller
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GALSTON, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Scotland: Printed by James Hedderwick, for behoof of the Funds of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 1816. 1st Edition . Leather Binding. Very Good/Without Dust Wrapper. 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Fine Binding of this 1816 First Edition, complete in two volumes. Three Quarter green leather with green cloth boards, Five raised bands down the spine with gilt decoration and title/author. Marbled end pages, top edge gilt at the head of the text block with head and tail bands. Condition - Very Good, some shelf wear to the extremities, minor rubs to the cloth covers, pages lightly tanned otherwise contents clean, bright and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Loudoun Books Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012731
- Title
- Annals of Glasgow Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities and the Rise and Progress of the City
- Author
- CLELAND, James
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Without Dust Wrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by James Hedderwick, for behoof of the Funds of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary
- Place of Publication
- Scotland
- Date Published
- 1816
- Size
- 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall
- Weight
- 3.37 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Tight
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- Shelf Wear
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- Text Block
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine Binding
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