The Natural History And Antiquities Of Selborne In The County Of Southampton
by White, Rev. Gilbert
- Used
- Condition
- General wear to extremities, front and rear hinges cracked but still holding, very good, gilt decoration still bright and attrac
- Seller
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1891. Stereotyped edition. Full red cloth with beveled edges, aeg, no dust jacket. General wear to extremities, front and rear hinges cracked but still holding, very good, gilt decoration still bright and attractive.. Illustrated with engravings by Thomas Bewick and others.. The standard edition by E. T. Bennett. Thoroughly revised, with additional notes, by James Edmund Harting. With ten letters not included in any other edition of the work.
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- Bookseller
- The Hermitage Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223822
- Title
- The Natural History And Antiquities Of Selborne In The County Of Southampton
- Author
- White, Rev. Gilbert
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with engravings by Thomas Bewick and others.
- Format/Binding
- Full red cloth with beveled edges, aeg, no dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - General wear to extremities, front and rear hinges cracked but still holding, very good, gilt decoration still bright and attrac
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stereotyped edition
- Publisher
- Swan Sonnenschein & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
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About the Seller
The Hermitage Bookshop
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Denver, Colorado
About The Hermitage Bookshop
The Hermitage Bookshop was established in 1973 and has been under one owner since its inception. We are a full service rare and used bookshop and our stock is limited to hardbacks in excellent condition. We have been a member of both the ABAA and ILAB since 1980.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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