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History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Essex
by William White
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Leader & Sons, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Nicely rebound using original leather boards with blind-stamped design. Raised bands to spine with gild titling and blind-stamped decoration. With charts and tables. Lacks map as is common. Advertisements to rear. 12mo. 764pp. +ads. Small repair to first page of preface. Previous owner's name to ffep. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean. Binding tight. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008024
- Title
- History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Essex
- Author
- William White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Leader & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- leather_binding, topography, villages, population,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
Terms of Sale
AJ Scruffles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
Biblio member since 2010
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
About AJ Scruffles
AJ Scruffles is an online bookseller, based between Epping and Harlow. Our website also hosts an online magazine with reviews, articles and humour
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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