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Our English Minsters : Westminster Abbey, and Canterbury, Durham, Wells, Lincoln, Winchester and Gloucester Cathedrals
by Farrar, Frederic W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Undated but prize presentation plate to front pastedown from Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow to H.E. Dyson dated 1895. Attractive dark blue leather binding with two narrow gilt rules to sides, spine with raised bands, gilt decoration in compartments and gilt title on brown panel to spine, all edges marbled. Scratch marks and rubbing to boards. Rubbing to edges and corners. Marbled endpapers. Light foxing to endpapers and prelims otherwise content clean. Cracked between front free endpaper and half title but binding firm. Not ex-library. 351 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Soin2Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002114
- Title
- Our English Minsters : Westminster Abbey, and Canterbury, Durham, Wells, Lincoln, Winchester and Gloucester Cathedrals
- Author
- Farrar, Frederic W
- Illustrator
- Herbert Railton and Others
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Isbister and Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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- Plate
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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....
- 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...
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