London: Macmillan and co, 1890. Third edition, revised and enlarged (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), xix, 744pp. Original brown morocco spine, brown cloth boards, gilt titling to the spine, top edge gilt. The spine is heavily rubbed, there is some bumping tot he corners of the boards, and the endpapers are foxed. Only a good minus copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Bookseller: Cornell Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 71943
Title: A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery.
Author: Edward T Cook:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Macmillan and co, 1890.

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We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...

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