The Tower of London
by Davey, Richard
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Upperco, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
E. P. Dutton & Co., NY, 1910. Hardcover. Good. A history of the Tower & its famous prisoners to the 18th century, w/ color frontis. plate & fold-out map of its layout. 8vo, hardcover, purple cloth w/ dec. gilt, no dj. Spine slightly faded w/ tiny nick across upper spine cloth; moderate foxing to opening & closing pgs. & occasionally within, mostly around plates as expected; otherwise good condition, contents unmarked, binding tight. 361 pp., 14 plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tiber Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000103.40
- Title
- The Tower of London
- Author
- Davey, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., NY
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- English Legal History, Tower of London, Crime & Criminology, Prison, Penology, Law, Architecture, 17th, 18th Century England.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / England;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Tiber Books
Biblio member since 2005
Upperco, Maryland
About Tiber Books
Specializing in scholarly non-fiction for over 30 years.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.