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REMARKS ON FOREST SCENERY AND OTHER WOODLAND VIEWS. (RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY) ILLUSTRATED BY SCENES OF THE NEW FOREST IN HAMPSHIRE.
by Gilpin, William
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: R. Blamire. Good. 1794. Second Edition. Hardcover. 3 books in 2 volumes. Bound in half speckled calf spine & corners over marbled boards that have printed text on them. Speckled page edges. Red leather labels with gilt lettering and double lines. Complete with 32 acquatint & b/w plates and including a color double-page map. [2, vii, iv, iii, 340pp]. [2, iii, 1, 310pp, 2, 30, xx]. Text block is tight & intact except endpapers at rear of volume 2 are loosening. Text has an occasion spot or age toned page. Hinges are intact with some internal paper tears. Edges and corners rubbed. Covers scuffed. Bookplate removed from front endpaper. Title pages have inked out signatures. Two small ink stamps in volume 2: "93RD HIGHLAND REGIMENT". England, Forestry ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 650 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17762
- Title
- REMARKS ON FOREST SCENERY AND OTHER WOODLAND VIEWS. (RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY) ILLUSTRATED BY SCENES OF THE NEW FOREST IN HAMPSHIRE.
- Author
- Gilpin, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- R. Blamire
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1794
- Keywords
- England, Forestry
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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