Edinburgh and Its Story
by Smeaton, Oliphant; Illustrated By Herbert Railton And J. Ayton Symington
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tywyn, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J. M. Dent, 1904. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. 396 pages.Illustrated by 52 full page colour plates with others in text. 4to large Hardback. Original cloth with elaborate gilt decoration on the spine and the front board. A lovely production very much in the style of the color plate travel books published by A. & C. Black. Very good with no previous ownership markings. Feps are foxed. The odd spot in the margins sporadically throughout. Closed page ends roughcut with gilt top edge. Scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- karl eynon (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070043
- Title
- Edinburgh and Its Story
- Author
- Smeaton, Oliphant; Illustrated By Herbert Railton And J. Ayton Symington
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent
- Date Published
- 1904
Terms of Sale
karl eynon
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About the Seller
karl eynon
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Tywyn
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- 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...
- Foxed
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
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