Illustrations of the Architectural Antiquities of the County of Durham: Ecclesiastical, Castellated, and Domestic
by Robert William Billings
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by George Andrews, and the author, 1846. Hardcover. Good. 1846. No Edition Remarks. 64 pages. Half bound in red leather by Andrews of Durham with cloth covered boards. Gilt tooling to spine. Black and white illustrated plates. Gilded page edges. Marbled endpapers. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. Light cracking and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Slight rub marks to reverse of plates. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild rubbing, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with minor rubbing to raised bands and soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Slight liqid stains to leather. Book has a slight forward lean. Heavy sunning to rear.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Illustrations of the Architectural Antiquities of the County of Durham: Ecclesiastical, Castellated, and Domestic
- Author
- Robert William Billings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Published by George Andrews, and the author
- Date Published
- 1846
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
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- Edges
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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...