Half-Timbered Houses and Carved Oak Furniture of the 16th & 17th Centuries. With Thirty Illustrations Photo-Lithographed from the Original Sketches of the Author
by William Bliss Sanders, Architect
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1894. First Edition, First Impression . Half Morocco - Cloth Bound Boa. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 1894 First Edition. Size Elephant Folio, 51 pages of text and thirty plates. Burgundy half morocco over burgundy cloth covered boards with large gilt titles to the front cover, six raised bands to the spine with gilt titles in the second and fifth compartments and elaborate gilt flowers and scrolls in the remaining compartments, marbled paste-downs and end-papers. Condition very good, the edges hinges and raised bands are quite rubbed with loss of the morocco on the front lower corner, shelf wear and slight fading to the cloth, the internal hinges have been reinforced with binders tape, some spots to the end-papers title and list of subscribers, the pages of text and the plates are very clean.
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015007
- Title
- Half-Timbered Houses and Carved Oak Furniture of the 16th & 17th Centuries. With Thirty Illustrations Photo-Lithographed from the Original Sketches of the Author
- Author
- William Bliss Sanders, Architect
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco - Cloth Bound Boa
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bernard Quaritch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- NON FICTION ARCHITECTURE HOUSES FURNITURE ELIZABETHAN TUDOR ST. ALBANS
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
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Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Morocco
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- Spine
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