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The Book of Old Sundials & their Mottoes
by Cross, Launcelot; Alfred Rawlings; Warrington Hogg
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
T. N. Foulis, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This beautiful book has one of the most beautiful pictorial bindings we have ever seen, illustrated by Jessie M. King. First edition, second printing (1917). 12mo. - over 6 ¾ in. - 7 ¾ in. 102pp., bound in cream boards printed in gilt, yellow, red, blue, green, grey and black. 6 preliminary leaves, 3-102, [2] pages mounted color frontispiece, plates (7 mounted color) 19 cm. Includes 8 illustrations in color by Alfred Rawlings, and thirty-six drawings of some famous sundials by Warrington Hogg. A Good copy with moderate rubbing to the spine and light darkening and spotting to the boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 604428
- Title
- The Book of Old Sundials & their Mottoes
- Author
- Cross, Launcelot; Alfred Rawlings; Warrington Hogg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. N. Foulis
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
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