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The London Almanack For The Year of Our Lord 1742, Second After Leap Year
by Company of Stationers:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Printed for The Company of Stationers, 1742 1st. Miniature hardback, approx 8 x 5 cm. Polished maroon leather fine binding, with gilt decorated boards and spine. Marbled endpapers, full gilt page edging. Brass edge clasps. In very good condition. Boards rubbed, corners slightly bumped and chipped on top rear corner, chipped on top end of spine, and chip to middle of spine. Edges torn on frontis plate. Later binding with pages pasted in. Else a clean and tight copy. Double page frontis “Navy Office”, fold-out double paged main title/contents. 12pp Almanack (each month), 1pp Queens Reigns, 1pp. Lord Mayors, 1pp. Sherrifs, 2pp Interest Table.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94416
- Title
- The London Almanack For The Year of Our Lord 1742, Second After Leap Year
- Author
- Company of Stationers:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Printed for The Company of Stationers, 1742 1st
- Keywords
- HISTORY Company of Stationers, The London Almanack For The Year of Our Lord 1742, Second After Leap Year, leather binding, miniature
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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