The Book of the Thames from Its Rise to Its Fall
by Mr and Mrs S.C.Hall
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., 1859 A good copy of this interesting book. 516pp, gilt edged, copiously illustrated throughout with wood engravings. Green cloth with the complex gilt blocked design of the renowned John Leighton to front and back with his signature initials within the scallop shell. Recently rebacked with the original spine relaid. End papers and paste downs foxed otherwise very good throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17882
- Title
- The Book of the Thames from Its Rise to Its Fall
- Author
- Mr and Mrs S.C.Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 230x160mm
- Keywords
- River Thames. John Leighton
Terms of Sale
Wadard Books PBFA
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
Wadard Books PBFA
Biblio member since 2014
Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...