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The Romance of History: England
by Henry Neele
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
€14.27€10.70
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About This Item
The Romance of History: England by Henry Neele with illustrations by T. Landseer [The Chandos Classics]
Hardback, circa 1890, illustrated, published by Frederick Warne & Co., London, 598 pages + viii + 2-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 3/8" by 5 1/8" by 1 1/8". Green cloth binding, black detail and lettering to front board, gilt detail and black lettering and detail to spine, embossed rear board. A little marking and scuffing to binding, though quite clean and has largely retained its colouring. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. A little tearing to head and tail of spine. Bumped cornets, slightly torn. Slackness to binding, wear to hinges, though intact and textblock a bit strained but reasonably firm. Page edges browned, foxed, scuffed and a bit marked. Some marking and foxing to endpapers, the odd mark to page surfaces elsewhere but reasonably clean and apparently no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-624
- Title
- The Romance of History: England
- Author
- Henry Neele
- Illustrator
- T. Landseer
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Circa 1890
- Pages
- 598+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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