London: John Murray Pub. 1869-1881. Southern Division-Part 1: Winchester, Salisbury, Exeter, Wells. Part 2: Canterbury, Rochester, Chichester, St. Alban's. Northern Division-Part 1: York, Ripon, Carlisle. Part 2: Durham, Chester, Manchester. Western Division: Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Bristol, Lichfield. Eastern Division: Oxford, Peterborough, Norwich, Ely, Lincoln. Original white cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt decoration and title on spine. Corners bumped. Wear to extremities. Spines sunned. Hinges loose. Covers foxed. Part 2 of Southern Division has staining to first few pp. Foxing to pg. text block and throughout. Part 1 of Southern Division has beautiful 2 pg. hand-lettered, illuminated presentation. Illust. w/ b/w drawings.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10112RG
Title: HANDBOOK TO THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND: Six (6) Volume Set--Southern Division-Part 1 and 2; Northern Division-Part 1and 2; Western Division; Eastern Division
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Publisher: John Murray
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Religion, God, History, Philosophy, World Religions, Christianity, England, Cathedrals, Cathedrals of England, Churches, Churches of England
Bookseller catalogs: Religion;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
PUB: Common abbreviation for 'published'
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...

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