Greece
by Christopher Wordsworth
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Formby, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William S Orr & Co. Very Good. 1840. First Edition. Fine binding. Light wear on the raised rings on the spine. Gilt text and Illustrations are bright; Page edges gilt, bright. Foxing on endpapers; sporadic foxing in text block. ; An exceptionally fine and elaborate binding. Pictorial, descriptive and historical. With upwards of 350 engravings on wood and 28 on steel; illustrative of the scenery, architecture and costume of Greece. ; 356 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Truffle Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129
- Title
- Greece
- Author
- Christopher Wordsworth
- Format/Binding
- Fine binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William S Orr & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
Terms of Sale
Truffle Books
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About the Seller
Truffle Books
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Formby, Merseyside
About Truffle Books
Truffle Books was created by the coming together of 4 experienced book-dealers. We tend to specialise in modern first editions but we also have a good selection of antiquarian books. We have a large selection of books in stock and there are always a significant number of books not online, so if you cannot see what you want, please ask, we may well be able to find the book that you want.
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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...