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London: John Lane Company, 1916. "Comprising literary articles by representatives Belgians, together with their translations by various hands, and illustrated throughout in colour and black and white by Belgian artists.' Original white cloth on boards with gilt titles, trim and Belgain emblem of the gilt Lion and the Crown on green background. Cover with light dusting of soiling and rubbing. Edges: top-edge gilt still shiney with mild rubbing; moderate foxing to edges. Signature to head ffep. Frontis: coloured plate of La Grande Bretagne Accueille Les Refugies Belges by Andre Cluysenaar. Faint and few only foxing to a few pages, albeit mostly to the margins. Several pages are conjugated at fore-edger. All coloured plates are clean & intact. Binding is VG+ 393p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036383
- Title
- A Book of Belgium's Gratitude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military > General;
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...