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The Last of the Valois and the Accession of Henry of Navarre, 1559-1589
by Lady Jackson, Catherine Charlotte
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Macmillan & Co, 1898. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete in 2 volumes. Vol1: x, 406p; 4 black and white plates (all tissue-guarded, inc. frontispiece); Vol.2 xii, 426pp; 7 black and white plates (all tissue-guarded, inc. frontispiece). Navy cloth-covered boards; illustration and gilt titles on front and spine. Bumped extremities; wear to covers. Decorative endpapers, some tanning. Rear hinge cracked at endpaper (Vol. 2). Previous owner's name in on verso of front free endpaper. Text block edges starting to fox. Prelims foxed. Both volumes quite loose. Internally neat, clean and bright. A large and heavy two volume set which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012748
- Title
- The Last of the Valois and the Accession of Henry of Navarre, 1559-1589
- Author
- Lady Jackson, Catherine Charlotte
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 3.97 lbs
- Keywords
- French History, 16th Century
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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