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An ACCURATE DESCRIPTION and HISTORY of the CATHEDRAL and METROPOLITICAL CHURCH of St. PETER, YORK ... (vol 1 of 2 vols)
by anonymous 07c
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG book, BUT: very weak hinges. 1st ed. 7"x4", (4),135(1)pp.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
York: A. Ward, printer. for Wilson. VG book, BUT: very weak hinges. 1st ed. 7"x4", (4),135(1)pp.. 1768. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book. Very tight, no loose leaves but both hinges weak. Original binding of full brown calf. FINE text and plates. . Spine MISSING any author/tile label. Number "1" imprinted at spine center. Hinges had been repaired or strengthened. 14 fold out copperplates (numbered one through 13, and 15, with no number 14, as called for in "Directions to the Binder". All plates fold out, some also vertically. Text & plates collated for completion and condition. FINE text and all plates without a single fold line tear. ALSO, no loose leaves, text block remains tightly closed when stood on spine. FEP with tiny inked initials. No aging, foxing (but one), etc. Exception a 1/4" spot on p.77. See BIBLIO for more scans. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001394
- Title
- An ACCURATE DESCRIPTION and HISTORY of the CATHEDRAL and METROPOLITICAL CHURCH of St. PETER, YORK ... (vol 1 of 2 vols)
- Author
- anonymous 07c
- Illustrator
- Illus w 14 copperplates.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book, BUT: very weak hinges. 1st ed. 7"x4", (4),135(1)pp.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Publisher
- A. Ward, printer. for Wilson
- Place of Publication
- York
- Date Published
- 1768
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- VG book. Very tight, no loose leaves but both hinges weak. Original, binding of full brown calf. FINE text and plates., copperplates, cathedrals, st peter, York
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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