Annals of St. Paul's Cathedral [FULL CALF, GILT DECORATED BINDING, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED]
by Milman, Henry Hart, D.D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
-
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1869. Book. VG+. Full-Leather. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full polished calf, both panels triple-bordered in gilt with gilt rosette corners, elaborately gilt decorated spine panel with five raised bands and separate title and author labels, gilt dentilled inner edges, marbled endpapers, all text block edged in gilt. Leather remains very much intact, though slightly chipped at crown of spine and with light evidence of repair at upper front joint, lightly rubbed bands and joints, slight cracking and/or creasing to spine labels with a bit of loss to author label (minimally affecting lettering), a bit of exposure at corners. Front pastedown shows armorial book plate of H. R. Bishop and ex-libris plate of James Cunningham Bishop. xiii,540 pp., illus. w/ 14 engraved plates (as called for), with an additional 60 illustrations bound in at various points, virtually all engraved plates or vintage reproductions of engravings, including a number of hinged double-page plates. No binder's tag. All plates are clean, excepting occasional very slight foxing. Notable extra-illustrated copy, fine binding still quite acceptably preserved. Worthy of attention..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013929
- Title
- Annals of St. Paul's Cathedral [FULL CALF, GILT DECORATED BINDING, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED]
- Author
- Milman, Henry Hart, D.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1869
- Bookseller catalogs
- England, Scotland, & Ireland; Architecture & Urban Design;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Saucony Book Shop
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
Biblio member since 2005
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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