The Greater Abbeys of Englad by Abbot Gasquet - MCMVIII

Burns & Oates, 1911. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1911. No Edition Remark. 75 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning and foxing to text block edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed with water marks to surfaces.

George Bell, 1905. Hardcover. Good. 1905. No Edition Remarks. 446 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Stamp to text block edges. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Binding remains firm. Small dewy label taped to bottom spine.

Methuen & Co, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Brown marking along spine with faint sticker marking.

George Allen, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 372 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions.Rough-cut pages. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Splits to spine joint. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

UsedGood. [publisher: Burns & Oates, London] 1906. Hardcover. Likely First Edition, Green cloth with gilted lettering on front and spine. Tanning around the edges. Text has a few spots of foxing scattered throughout, 372 pages. Pages are unmarked.

London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1910. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Chatto & Windus, 1908. Hardcover. Good. 1908. No Edition Remarks. 268 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is darkened.

Chatto & Windus, 1909. Hardcover. Good. 1909. No Edition Stated. 130 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Cream & blue boards with red lettering. B&W frontispiece. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with some loss to spine head. Small split along front joint. Notable tanning, staining and soiling to boards.

Chatto & Windus, 1908. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1908. 268 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Rough cut pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, creased corners and foxing.Hinges and guttering are cracked. Binding is loose. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. Hardcover. G /no dj, as issued. 8 7/8 x 6 1/8. Ex-university-lib, minimal markings. Green cloth w/ clear library tape reinforcing spine. Gilt top edge, rough trimmed fore-edge and tail. Solid copy. reprint of 1889 ed.