The Making of England
by Green, John Richard
- Used
- fair
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1881. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. [1], xxvii, 447 pages. Illustrated with maps (one folding). Polished brown calf leather binding with gilt stamped illustration on the front cover. Gilt stamped decorations and title on spine. Marbled end sheets and text edges. Rear board damp-stained. Front hinge is broken. Leather is lightly rubbed and worn at extremities. Light scattered foxing to folding map. Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29107
- Title
- The Making of England
- Author
- Green, John Richard
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1881
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....