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Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History (full leather 2 volume set from Johannes Patricius Crichton Stuart Marchio de Bute and Cardiff Castle)
by Roger of Wendover [Mathew Paris] - translated by J. A. Giles
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Winston, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcovers, two-volume match set bound in full leather boards trimmed in gilt and ornately decorated on spine. Both volumes have the front and rear boards detached which, for some unknown reason, the Marquess of Bute tore the covers off of most of his collection. If the boards were attached these books are great as VG to VG-. Both volumes are complete, the leather shows scuffing along with edging corner bumps/wear. Spines show chipping along the edges along with some horizontal cracks. Both front pastedowns contains armorial color bookplate bearing the name Johannes Patricius Crichton Stuart Marchio de Bute in the rear pastedown contains a black-and-white bookplate showing this came from the personal library at Cardiff Castle of Wales. Both front and rear bookplates contain the family crests. The internal binding and condition of the pages is very good and binding is tight. There is some light soiling on the end pages but the text pages are clean and crisp. Volume 1 contains a foldout chart as the frontispiece and volume 2 has quite a bit of foxing to the end pages and title page. There are some small spots of foxing on the text pages but overall book interior is very clean and attractive. The printing quality of this book far exceeds the typical cloth bound editions and was typical of the Cardiff Castle collection. Volume 1 contains 568 pages and volume 2 contains 604 pages. Although both the front and rear boards are completely detached a good bookbinder should be able to repair this which would give you a beautiful set of books with a unique history of ownership. The only other issue worth noting is both rear boards have a darkened area on the exterior, upper left corners. Sale is for the 2 volume set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2220578
- Title
- Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History (full leather 2 volume set from Johannes Patricius Crichton Stuart Marchio de Bute and Cardiff Castle)
- Author
- Roger of Wendover [Mathew Paris] - translated by J. A. Giles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Pages
- 1172
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century; History and Geography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2021
Winston, Georgia
About Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Yesterday's Book Shop is an independent, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in 1966 under the name Collector's Corner and was located in Western Maryland. The Collector's Corner dealt mainly in books but also sold stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the store only offered books and printed matter. In the early 2000s the brick and mortar store was closed and now we only sell online.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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