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History of Old Sheffield Plate Being an Account of the Origin, Growth and Decay of the Industry and of the Antique Silver and White or Britannia Metal Trade with Chronological lists of Makers' Marks
by BRADBURY, Frederick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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BATH, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sheffield: Northend, 1968. Facsimile reprint of the 1912 first edition. Original Cloth. Near fine/very good. 4to (30cm). Dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, elaborate gilt design to cover. xiii, 539. Profusely illustrated in b&w from the original plates w/ photos and line drawings. Glossy pages. In the dust jacket, with a few small splash marks to top of front and rear panel, edgewear, one closed tear, repaired to verso with archival tape. Light wear to spine ends, else a very firm, sound copy, all but fine.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00005651
- Title
- History of Old Sheffield Plate Being an Account of the Origin, Growth and Decay of the Industry and of the Antique Silver and White or Britannia Metal Trade with Chronological lists of Makers' Marks
- Author
- BRADBURY, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile reprint of the 1912 first edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Northend
- Place of Publication
- Sheffield
- Date Published
- 1968
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques, furniture, design and interiors;
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- Fine
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
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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...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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