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The Ruined Abbeys of Britain
by Frederick Ross
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Mackenzie, 1889. Hardcover. Fair. Nicely produced first one-volume edition of Ross's evocative but detailed account of Britain's ruined abbeys. With full colour plates and illustrations within the text after A. F. Lydon. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Decorative cloth binding with gilt vignette. All edges gilt. Hefty folio. Some heavy rubbing/tearing to cloth on spine with loss to top and centre. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Mild, occasional spotting within. Otherwise clean and tight. Contents tight and sound. Fair+ *Due to size and weight, extra shipping fees apply to overseas orders*
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008037
- Title
- The Ruined Abbeys of Britain
- Author
- Frederick Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Mackenzie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- monasteries, england, engravings,
Terms of Sale
AJ Scruffles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
Biblio member since 2010
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
About AJ Scruffles
AJ Scruffles is an online bookseller, based between Epping and Harlow. Our website also hosts an online magazine with reviews, articles and humour
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- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- Cloth
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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