Aberdeen fifty years ago: being a series of twenty-one engravings of buildings in and that were about Aberdeen; along with wood engravings of some of the wells &c. &c.
by [James Rettie]:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Aberdeen: Lewis Smith, 1868. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), [vi], 129pp. 21 engraved plates, 2 maps, one facsimile pate, 11 text engravings. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the front board, all edges gilt. Binding a little rubbed and shaken, inner hinges cracked (and repaired), some tanning of the contents. Overall, this copy is in good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32197
- Title
- Aberdeen fifty years ago: being a series of twenty-one engravings of buildings in and that were about Aberdeen; along with wood engravings of some of the wells &c. &c.
- Author
- [James Rettie]:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Aberdeen: Lewis Smith, 1868.
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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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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- First Edition
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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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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