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Gertrude Bell from her Personal Papers. Vol. I: 1889-1914. Vol. II: 1914-1926. SPLENDID SET IN FULL MOROCCO
by BURGOYNE Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ernest Benn,, [1958-61]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border stopped with roundels at corners, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a crisp, elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914 (1958); Vol. II: 1914-1926 (1961). SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45390
- Title
- Gertrude Bell from her Personal Papers. Vol. I: 1889-1914. Vol. II: 1914-1926. SPLENDID SET IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- BURGOYNE Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn,
- Date Published
- [1958-61]
- Keywords
- travel, middle east, modern first editions, modern firsts, gertrude bell, elizabeth burgoyne, arabia, lawrence of arabia, baghdad museum
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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