Memoirs of the Court of King James the First (TWO VOLUME SET)
by Aikin, Lucy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xvi, 444; x, 411, [2] pages. Hardcovers bound in full tan calf with dual black leather labels on the spines Elaborate gilt tooling to the spines. All edges marbled. The bindings show moderate rubbing and wear with a little staining from handling. The front hinges are just starting. Marbled endpapers. The text blocks are sound. Volume II has some bumping at the top corner of the text block in the center of the book. Each volume has a copperplate frontis with some offsetting on the title pages. The text is generally clean. There is a modern (19th or 20th Century?) inscription on the front flyleaves of each volume for "G. Lomax / Cloud Side / ...?..." An early bookplate on each volume for "Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart." with the motto "Sapere et Fari." Charles Cockerell (1755-1837) was a British politician (House of Commons) and was an official with the East India Company. He was the great-great nephew of Samuel Pepys.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051813
- Title
- Memoirs of the Court of King James the First (TWO VOLUME SET)
- Author
- Aikin, Lucy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 3.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1822; Lucy Aikin; King James the First; James I; Monarch; Monarchy; Great Britain; British; England; History; Copperplate; Leather Binding;; Engravings; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Great Britain;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Text Block
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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