Books and Readers in Early Modern Britain IV : Catalogue 1393
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, UK: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. Subtitle: ""A selection of Books, Manuscripts and Bindings."" Catalogue No. 1393, published in 2006 and for sale by Maggs Bros. Ltd, in London. Soft cover in very good condition. Wraps crisp and bright with a ghost of shelf and edge wear. One-half inch at bottom of front spine shows rubbing, almost through to bottom of paper wraps, but not an actual tear. Glossy papers with color and black and photographs of titles for sale. 221 numbered pages. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Almost every item has photograph and at least one page, many more than one page, of detail text about the book. Majority of volumes published in the 1600s, though several are from the 1500s and 1700s. Compiled by Maggs Bros. Ltd., who, as noted on the title page, is ""By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, Purveyors of Rare Books & Manuscripts: Maggs Bros. Ltd., London.""
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M002893
- Title
- Books and Readers in Early Modern Britain IV : Catalogue 1393
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Maggs Bros. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Books about Books, Catalogue of Books, Books - 1500 to 1700
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books & Reading;
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All books are packaged securely and shipped via the United States Postal Service within 1 to 2 business days. We provide you with a Tracking Number.
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.