THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND A COMPANION TO THE ALTAR, AND THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, London: Beecroft, John Archdeacon, unkown, 1783. Full leather. Good. 3 1/2 x 6 in. Full contemporary calf binding with stamped spine decorations. The Book of Common Prayer lacks the title pg, so the publisher is unknown. The Companion to the Atlar has a title pg and was pubished in London, by Beecroft for Scatcherd and Whitaker, no date given. The Psalms has a title pg, Cambridge, John Archdeacon, 1783. Condition is GOOD ; book lacks the rear board. Front hinge shows a fine crack but the binding is tight. Title pg of Common Prayer lacking, first pg of the text is the contents pg. The ffep is charming: written in a contemporary hand is: Sarah Salt, Hur Book. Steale not this book for feer of shame for here you see the owners name." On the back of this page are two ink drawings of "Queen Ann and King George 3". Sarah Salt was most likely a Maine/New England girl. Rel/Rare/Fragile. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48555
- Title
- THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND A COMPANION TO THE ALTAR, AND THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE
- Author
- various
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Beecroft, John Archdeacon, unkown
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, London
- Date Published
- 1783
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- Religion;
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fine
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