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The Sacred Annual: being The Messiah, a poem in six books
by Robert Montgomery
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Turrill, 1834. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in black calf with blind stamped decorative border. Gilt raised bands and black spine label. Edges are rubbed. Front hinge is cracking but otherwise binding is tight. Pages are age tanned with occasional foxing. Wonderful hand coloured engravings by well known artists such as William Etty, John Martin and Benjamin Haydon. Previous owners's dedication dated 1875 on the flyleaf. A beautiful copy of this very rare book. 1834
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3577
- Title
- The Sacred Annual: being The Messiah, a poem in six books
- Author
- Robert Montgomery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Turrill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1834
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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