The Durbar
by Menpes, Dorothy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Menpes, Mortimer. Signed. Original ivory, decorative cloth. Gilt titles to spine and front board.Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. xii + 210 pp. 100 full page, colour illustrations. Copy no. 534 / 1000 of the De Luxe Edition, SIGNED by Mortimer Menpes on the verso of the half-title page. Cloth a bit soiled as per usual. Front hinge cracked and repaired. Some foxing. Pencil name of Anton Van Vouw on the front, free end-paper. 100 full page, colour illustrations after paintings by Menpes to illustrate the Great Durbar to mark the accession to the throne of Edward VII and his installation as Emporor of India. A most beautifully illustrated work. solid binding. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1945j
- Title
- The Durbar
- Author
- Menpes, Dorothy
- Illustrator
- Menpes, Mortimer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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