THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND: A Series of Portraits of Distinguished Female Sovereigns
by Strickland, Agnes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. Scarce. 323 pages in very good condition. Light foxing on some of the pages. Twenty seven plates. Book plate on ffep. Date on title page is erroneously printed as M.DCC.LII. All edges gilt. Green leather with elaborate gilt decorations and titles on spine and both boards. Embossed design on both boards. Five raised bands on spine, which is scuffed and faded. Corners are worn and bumped. Boards and edges show some wear. Stain on upper board. Binding is good and tight. VG. Full-Leather. VG. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- T00025
- Title
- THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND: A Series of Portraits of Distinguished Female Sovereigns
- Author
- Strickland, Agnes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1852
- Size
- 7 1/2 x 10 1/2
- Keywords
- Queens, Queens of England, Royalty
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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