London and Its Celebrities a Second Series of Literary and Historical Memorials of London ( Complete in 2 Volumes )
by Jesse J. Heneage
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1850. Collation, vol 1:x+460pp, vol 2:vii[1]480pp. Bound in full contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt decoration, ruled lines, full marble edges, marble endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed on corners/edges, with slight wear loss. Bindings in very good clean solid condition. Internally, neat early gift inscription on free blank endpaper. Pages in very good clean condition. A very good clean well bound 2 volume set. Books measure 15x22cms.A58. First Edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007061
- Title
- London and Its Celebrities a Second Series of Literary and Historical Memorials of London ( Complete in 2 Volumes )
- Author
- Jesse J. Heneage
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- London
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Leather Bindings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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...
- 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...
- 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...