HAYDN'S DICTIONARY OF DATES and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations. Containing the History of the World to the Autumn of 1876.
by VINCENT Benjamin:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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ACLE,Norfolk., United Kingdom
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About This Item
E. Moxon. 1876. Fifteenth Edition. (10611) HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage .837 pages plus Adenda page. Text block in double columns. Good. Half bound in maroon calf with gilt decoration on front and rear brownish boards and gilt lettering and decoration to spine having 5 raised bands. Ageing to edges of marbled textblock. Covers rubbed at edges. New brown flyleaves fitted at front and rear and corner of Adenda page repaired. No markings or inscriptions. A tight sound clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Virginia Bank Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10611
- Title
- HAYDN'S DICTIONARY OF DATES and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations. Containing the History of the World to the Autumn of 1876.
- Author
- VINCENT Benjamin:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. Moxon. 1876. Fifteenth Edition.
Terms of Sale
Virginia Bank Books
Payment normally with order. We acccept PAYPAL, European Bank Transfers (IBAN) and STERLING cheques from a UK bank only ,cheques should be made out to G W & I A Cope. �We offer refunds on the purchase price if the book does not meet the stated description.
About the Seller
Virginia Bank Books
Biblio member since 2005
ACLE,Norfolk.
About Virginia Bank Books
Retired bookseller of 22 years now operating from home.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Half Bound
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- 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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