A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct of the Peerages of the British Empire.
by BURKE, Sir BERNARD:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hardcover. Plates of arms; xii+642pp. Large 8vo contemp. half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, lower joint split, In their catalogues Heraldry Today used to describe this, the last, as the best edition. No Jacket issued
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- Bookseller
- R.G. Watkins Books and Prints (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RGW20116
- Title
- A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct of the Peerages of the British Empire.
- Author
- BURKE, Sir BERNARD:
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- New Edition, 1883. Clean copy. heraldry
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About the Seller
R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
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Ilminster, Somerset
About R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
Established in Somerset, England in 1985, with retail premises, we now sell principally on the internet. Apart from selling to collectors and other dealers, we have many libraries and museums among our customers. Our aim is offer interesting and unusual items printed, written or drawn on paper.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....