Curiosities of London : exhibiting the most rare and remarkable objects of interest in the Metropolis, with nearly sixty years' personal recollections,
by John Timbs:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Camden Hotten, no date [c. 1868]. Later edition, corrected and enlarged (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 16cm), viii, 871pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Some chafing of the joints, inner hinges cracked (and repaired), preliminary page foxed. Only a good minus copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44709
- Title
- Curiosities of London : exhibiting the most rare and remarkable objects of interest in the Metropolis, with nearly sixty years' personal recollections,
- Author
- John Timbs:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Camden Hotten, no date [c. 1868].
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
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Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...