The Knight Hospitallers in Kent. The Manor of Old Sore, and the Colepeper Family, at Oxenhoath, Kent
by Wadmore, J.F
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Mitchell and Hughes , 1896. First Edition. Maroon Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. N/a. Two titles bound in one but only the former title stamped in gilt to the spine. Contemporary maroon slightly pebbled cloth. Both titles reprinted from 'Archaeolgia Cantiana' First title: 45pp. 7 illustrative plates. Second title: 8pp. 3 plates. A circular soil mark about 1cm in diameter to the margin of the final plate with an offset soil mark to the tissue guard. A former owner's ink name - R.E. Wadmore (clearly a relative of the author) to the head of the front endpaper. A little rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Bumps to the lower two board corners. The loss of the corner of a tissue guard in the second title. The cloth spine a little uniformly faded. A very good, clean, tight copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 238296
- Title
- The Knight Hospitallers in Kent. The Manor of Old Sore, and the Colepeper Family, at Oxenhoath, Kent
- Author
- Wadmore, J.F
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Maroon Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mitchell and Hughes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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