Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft Drawn and Etched by E.W.Cooke. [ with 65 Plates ]
by Cooke E. W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, 1829. Book measures 31x26.cm. Complete with 65 plates, index showing only 50 listed plates?. Bound in period embossed cloth, with gilt ship on top board,coloured endpapers, full gilt edges.. At some time the book has been rebacked, retaining part of the original spine. Cloth rubbed on corners of boards, with some loss. Generally a good clean firm binding. Internally, 65 plates, of which 9 have moderate to slightly heavier spotting, about 25 others have light spotting, otherwise plates clean. A nice copy. F. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012491
- Title
- Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft Drawn and Etched by E.W.Cooke. [ with 65 Plates ]
- Author
- Cooke E. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1829
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Shipping.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Naval;
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...