A General Biographical Dictionary containing A Summary Account of The Lives of Eminent Persons of All Nations
by Gorton, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hunt & Clarke, 1828. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Octavo. Type: Book pp v,902 and 1248, fully bound in natural calf with raised spine bands and gilt titles to brown labels and gilt decoration and borders to spines, boards and edges, upper joints weak but 2 excellent volumes
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- Bookseller
- Strawberry Hill Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000049
- Title
- A General Biographical Dictionary containing A Summary Account of The Lives of Eminent Persons of All Nations
- Author
- Gorton, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hunt & Clarke
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1828
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- REFERENCE, FINE BINDINGS
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Strawberry Hill Books
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Rotherfield, East Sussex
About Strawberry Hill Books
Strawberry Hill Books is a UK based collectable and antiquarian book dealer with an inventory of 10K titles. Specialist areas include Fiction, Topography, History, Art and Exploration. We supply worldwide and all shipments are tracked.
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...