England, Picturesque and Descriptive: Reminiscences of Foreign Travel [Vol. I + II, Complete - Custom Binding?]
by Cook, Joel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/N/A
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates and Co., 1900. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in brown 3/4 cloth, marbled paper covered boards, ruled borders and lettered in gilt on spine panels, top text block edge in gilt, deckled edges. We have never encountered this binding variant on this title and suspect that the set has been rebound using the original boards (or that it may be custom, though there are no binder's tags present). In any case, a professional job with lovely results. Light rubbing along those portions of the edges not wrapped in cloth, otherwise presenting virtually as issued, with fully intact hinges, firm bindings, clean and unmarked interiors. Solid Near Fine, bordering on Fine. xii,402 + viii,412 pp., illus. w/ numerous b&w plates with captioned guards, color folding "Railway Map of England and Wales" at rear of Vol. II. Copyrighted 1899, both volumes showing 1900 date on lower main title, thus an early (2nd?) printing. A handsome, gift-quality set..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033443
- Title
- England, Picturesque and Descriptive: Reminiscences of Foreign Travel [Vol. I + II, Complete - Custom Binding?]
- Author
- Cook, Joel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- England, Scotland, & Ireland;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Saucony Book Shop
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
Biblio member since 2005
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
Glossary
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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