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Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape
by Tom Taylor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1863. (12), 30 full-page engraved rural scenes with an accompanying poem on a separate page. Heavy paper mounted on tabs, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, full black morocco with gilt decoration, 5 raised bands to the spine, some rubbing to edges. Title page badly foxed, diminishing in intensity after poem no IV. Titles include The Green lane, The Mill, The Old Chair mender, The Reaper, the Smithy, the Wood-Wain, old Cottages, the Ferry Boat, the cottage on the beach. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Engraved by the broethers Dalziel. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Interquarian
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003842
- Title
- Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape
- Author
- Tom Taylor
- Illustrator
- Engraved by the broethers Dalziel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warne and Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- Suamme 117 Rural Scenes Countryside Engravings Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Fiction; Illustrated Books; Bindings;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Interquarian
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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