Westward Ho ! Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/N/A
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
€60.70€42.49
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Macmillan, 1903. Fine bindings in full Burgundy calf with Gilt tooled spine with 5 raised bands, School Crest tooled in Gilt of St William's College, Isle of Mann, (top rear cnr sl bruised) tooled dentille edging to inside of bds, marbled to all edges, marbled eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, nice steel engraved portrait frontis with foxed tissue guard, pp 591, bright and clean (light foxing mainly near ends, ink blot to one page). 17th Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10522
- Title
- Westward Ho ! Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- 17th Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Collectable
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Rare;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
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Auckland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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