The Story of Cornwall
by Hamilton Jenkin, A. K
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1939. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Excellent history of Cornwall commencing with the stone age. Includes a chapter of Churches.Frontis illus "The Merry Maidens". 152 Pages, illustrated with B&W Plates. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering to front. Spine faded and lettering dull. Closed tear to cloth at top left corner of spine. Hinges sound and text block firm. No inscriptions Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017979
- Title
- The Story of Cornwall
- Author
- Hamilton Jenkin, A. K
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- TRAVEL/HISTORY/LOCAL HISTORY/CORNWALL/CORNISH INTEREST
Terms of Sale
Cornish Books
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
Biblio member since 2019
Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...