Cathedrals and Abbey Churches of England
by ALDIN, CECIL
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Limited First Edition. One Quarter Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [1924]. One [#13] of 375 copies numbered & signed by Aldin. Bound one quarter vellum with paper to boards; gilt to vellum along paper edges & to paper & gilt to spine. Gilt to upper page edges; other edges uncut. Colour illustrated endpages. Illustrated throughout with hand tipped colour plates. Light wear to outer edges, of boards with some darkening to upper edges. Dustsoil to paper on boards. Pages show some age darkening to untrimmed edges with a touch of foxing. Signed by Aldin on the limitations page.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17140
- Title
- Cathedrals and Abbey Churches of England
- Author
- ALDIN, CECIL
- Format/Binding
- One Quarter Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- LImited Editions
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...