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The First Of The Bourbons In Two Volumes. With Sixteen Portraits.
by Lady JACKSON, Catherine Charlotte:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John C. Nimmo, 1899. Two Volumes. 9 x 6 inches. Half bound leather fine bindings by Hatchards, Piccadilly. Black polished morocco with gilt line edging and blue cloth to boards. Raised banding, gilt paneled decorations and lettering to spines. Top page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good conditions. Some minor handling marks to boards, some rubbing to cloth on rear of vol.2. Small chip to top end and small rubbed patch to bottom corner of spine on vol.1. Binders stamps to corners of endpapers. No penned inscriptions. Inside pages and plates all very clean, bright and tight throughout. Page edges uncut. No foxing or spots. Else a very good clean and tight 2 vol. set. xi + 347 & xiii + 391pp. Illustrated with 16 B&W engraved portraits. Each with titled tissue guard.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88960
- Title
- The First Of The Bourbons In Two Volumes. With Sixteen Portraits.
- Author
- Lady JACKSON, Catherine Charlotte:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John C. Nimmo, 1899
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES The First Of The Bourbons, Lady Catherine Charlotte JACKSON, Two Volumes, Sixteen Portraits, John C. Nimmo, 1899, leather, fine binding, Hatchards,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Half Bound
- ...
- 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....
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