The Storehouses of the King or The Pyramids of Egypt: What they are and Who Built them
by VAN GELDER, JANE AKA TRILL, JANE
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
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About This Item
WH Allen & Co 1885. First edition inscribed by the author, octavo, dark blue textured cloth boards with gilt decorative rule, gilt head motif to spine, black & gilt desert, pyramid & rising sun illus to front board, aeg, grey coated eps, ix + 308pp + 48pp book adverts, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, some browning to spine, light soiling to boards, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown & another to fep verso, small nick to fore-edge of one page)
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- Title
- The Storehouses of the King or The Pyramids of Egypt: What they are and Who Built them
- Author
- VAN GELDER, JANE AKA TRILL, JANE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- WH Allen & Co 1885
- Keywords
- Egyptology Egyptian history pyramics archaeology
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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