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The Life Of The Hon. Robert Grimston. By the Author of “Echoes From Old Cricket Fields,” “Ups And Downs Of A Public School,” etc. With Portrait.
by GALE, Frederick:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1885 1st. Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. Quarter bound fine binding by “Hatchards, Piccadilly,” with polished maroon morocco leather to spine and corners, with marbled paper to boards. Raised and gilt banding to spine with gilt lettering and gilt sporting decorations. Top page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing to marbled paper on faces of boards, small rubbed patch to bottom end of spine and also to first top raised band. Else cover clean and smart. Binders stamp to corner of endpaper “Hatchards, Piccadilly.” One tiny minor spot to side margin of frontis plate, slightly effects title page opposite. Else pages all very clean, bright and tight throughout. Else a very good fine binding copy. xii + 322pp. Illustrated with a B&W photo frontis plate.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88270
- Title
- The Life Of The Hon. Robert Grimston. By the Author of “Echoes From Old Cricket Fields,” “Ups And Downs Of A Public School,” etc. With Portrait.
- Author
- GALE, Frederick:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1885 1st
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES GALE, Frederick, The Life Of The Hon. Robert Grimston, Honourable, By the Author of, Echoes From Old Cricket Fields, Ups And Downs Of A Public School, With Portrait, Longmans, Green and Co., 1885, 1st, first edition, leather,
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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