Oxford: James Parker And Co., 1875. Hardcover. Very good overall. 8vo, 288 pp, b&w frontis, b&w illustrations throughout; 145 wood cuts and 26 steel plate engravings. A folding color map of Oxford at the end; ads (viii). Light fox spotting on ffep and on verso of some plates; o/w very clean.

Red cloth cover with pictorial gilt title on cover, "Handbook for Oxford". Spine sunned and chipped. Hinge starting, but holding. Top edge gilt.

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Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11360
Title: A Handbook for Visitors to Oxford
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very good overall
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: James Parker And Co.
Place of Publication: Oxford
Date Published: 1875
Bookseller catalogs: ENGLAND; FOREIGN TRAVEL;

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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...
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...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
O/W: An abbreviation for otherwise
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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....
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...