Canterbury Mother-city of the Anglo-Saxon race
by Evans, Sebastian; Bennett-Goldney, Francis: Honorary Editors:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Canterbury: Cross & Jackman undated Hard cover, no dust jacket. Undated but from contents about 1906. Red cloth with impressed gilt and white design to front and black impress of city gate to rear, gilt lettering to spine. Spine faded and tanned with chipping to ends but gilt bright. 134pp, black and white advertising to pastedowns. Full page map of the Centrality of the city of Canterbury, black and white illustrations and wonderful advertising throughout some full page including a very nice advert for 'The Seasalter & Ham Oyster Fishery Co Ltd. Whitstable. Black and white plate of Canterbury Cathedral from the South-West has been carefully taped to spine fold of page 10, 2 pages of newsprint from The Times of February 14, 1930 stuck to spine fold of page 134. This has caused yellowing to the corresponding area of page 134. A 22 page booklet of the Cathedrals of England & Wales has been stuck to spine edge of rear pastedown, this is complete but stitching is loose. Blotching to title page and pastedowns. Volume generally loose but Binding stretched but holdingcomplete. A Good copy.
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- Bookseller
- David Ford Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35185
- Title
- Canterbury Mother-city of the Anglo-Saxon race
- Author
- Evans, Sebastian; Bennett-Goldney, Francis: Honorary Editors:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Canterbury: Cross & Jackman undated
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David Ford Books
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
About David Ford Books
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David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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