Fisher & Son, Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. An undated single volume with quarter-bound boards of marbled paper with black corners and spine with 4 raised bands and gilt decoration, boards are rubbed to all edges and bumped/very rubbed to the corners and spine ends, the front hinge is cracked but the front board is completely secure, internally very good without writing or stamps, clean page. A rather eclectic range of engravings from portraits to historical scenes to rural idylls. Probably a second or later volume of a set. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .

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Bookseller: The Old Bookshelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16332
Title: The Peoples Gallery of Engravings
Author: [???]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Fisher & Son, Co
Date Published: N.D.

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Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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....
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...
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...
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...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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,...