Episcopal Palaces of England
by Venables, Edmund [and others] Illustrated by Alexander Ansted
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: T. Whittaker, 1896. First U.S. edition. Hard cover in original decorative cloth. Published NY: T. Whittaker, 1896. Small 4to., 8" x 11 1/8", 14+253pp., finely illustrated with engravings throughout. Dark green cloth with gilt spine titles and decorations, elaborate cover design, top edge gilting, green endpapers. Fray at the spine ends, light wear at the tips, slight dulling to the spine gilt, previous owner bookplate. Very good, pages clean and bright. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010184
- Title
- Episcopal Palaces of England
- Author
- Venables, Edmund [and others] Illustrated by Alexander Ansted
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- T. Whittaker
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture & Design; England & Europe;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Wild Muse
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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...