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Armour in England from the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First. / Foreign Armour in England
by GARDNER, J. Starkie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1897. Hardcover. Two volumes. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine and red cloth with gilt spine and front board (respectively). 100pp; 96pp. Top edge gilt (second volume only). Color frontispieces, numerous full-page plates (many color). Very good overall. Mild edgewear and bit of scuffing, and spine tail of second volume dinged. First edition of each volume, tight and nice -- both ex-library, but with very few and mostly removed markings. Both are near fine internally, clean and handsome and with flawless color plates -- a lovely set despite mild ex-library. Rather scarce.
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- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 32962
- Title
- Armour in England from the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First. / Foreign Armour in England
- Author
- GARDNER, J. Starkie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Seeley and Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Military History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- First Edition
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