Ireland.
by Frank Mathew, illustrated by Francis S Walker:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition thus (hardback). 8vo (20cm by 14cm), xix, 212pp. 32 colour plates. Original decorated green cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Minor rubbing to the extremities of the binding, light foxing of the preliminary pages, else this is a bright, very good copy. Part of the 6 shilling series of A&C Black colour books. Inman 276. This is the scarcest of the 6 shilling books; it was cut down from a book originally published in the 20 shilling series, and only 1700 copies were issued.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73505
- Title
- Ireland.
- Author
- Frank Mathew, illustrated by Francis S Walker:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....