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The Messiah
by Montgomery, Robert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rosemont, Pennsylvania
Item Price:
$1,700.00
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About This Item
London: John Turrill, 1834. Red morocco spine gilt professionally rebacked over marbled boards with matching marbled end papers. 5 raised bands. Edges red sprinkled. 10 color, tissue titled plates, plus a color missal title. Woodcut on p. 246 of The Crucifixion by John Franklin. Lithographic luminous plates colored under the direction of Charles Simpson and they are splendid.. Fourth Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Title Page ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- W30905
- Title
- The Messiah
- Author
- Montgomery, Robert
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Turrill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1834
Terms of Sale
The Title Page ABAA
Accept returns with satisfactory reason and state of book as mailed.
About the Seller
The Title Page ABAA
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Rosemont, Pennsylvania
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About The Title Page ABAA
Approximately 60,000 books displayed in our storefront with another 50,000 in an available storage facility. It is a general, out of print, and antiquarian book store. A gem in the heart of Rosemont, we believe in personal service to the customer. We also search for books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- raised band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created...[more]
- 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...[more]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...[more]
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback....[more]
- Marbled boards
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- 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...[more]
- rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...[more]
- 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....[more]
- 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...[more]
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