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The Ancient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon
by Rogers, Hamilton W H
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Exeter: Printed for the Author By William Pollard 1877. 4to. xii, 393 pp., 87 plates (26 + 61plates) Illustrated with many in text engravings and drawings. Handsome black half calf with marbled edges and boards. Gilt decorated raised bands on spine. Some rubbing to edges of boards and hinges of spine where some minor stripping has occurred. No pl. xvi, but 2 different plate vi and xvii. Neat ink presentation in 1878 from the author to Robert Cave at the top of the title page. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1877.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40183
- Title
- The Ancient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon
- Author
- Rogers, Hamilton W H
- Format/Binding
- Half Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author By William Pollard 1877
- Place of Publication
- Exeter
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 4to.
- Keywords
- British,Local,History,and,Topography,Exeter,and,Devon,Sepulchral,, Effigies,Gravestones,Church,Architecture,History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; British Topography and Local History; Ancient History and Archaeology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
Biblio member since 2005
London, Greater London
About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
We process internet and mail orders swiftly and have daily collections. Within the UK we ship via Royal Mail and UPS. For the US we use USPS tracked services and Fedex. For the rest of the World we mostly use Royal Mail Tracked, as well as Parcelforce and DPD. European deliveries we use Royal Mail Tracked or brokers for all else.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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