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The Great Plague in London in 1665
by Walter George Bell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1924. Hardcover. Good.. 8vo.. First edition. No dust jacket. Maroon cloth and gilt lettering to spine., Edges are bumped. Spine is faded. Shoulders are worn and begining to split. Pages are rough cut. Top page edge is red. Pages are age tanned with occasional slight foxing. Numerous ilustrations, plans drawings, pull out maps, all present. 8vo. Previous owner's signature on fep. 1924
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5285
- Title
- The Great Plague in London in 1665
- Author
- Walter George Bell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 8vo.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- 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...
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