THE "CONTOUR" ROAD BOOK OF ENGLAND: A SERIES OF ELEVATION PLANS OF THE ROADS, WITH MEASUREMENTS AND DESCRIPTIVE LETTERPRESS
by Inglis, Harry R.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London and Edinburgh: Gall and Inglis, 1906. Hardcover. 12mo, 848 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have mild wear exteriorly including lightly sunned spine, minor wear to the edges and cocking to the spine. Tiny hole through the rear board. Text block has edges colored red. Slight offsetting to front end papers. Tiny hole through several pages to the rear. Very minor foxing interiorly. Hairline crack to gutter at pages one to two and one hundred fifty six. Black paper adhered to the rear pastedown title "Slate". Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. 1376431. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376431
- Title
- THE "CONTOUR" ROAD BOOK OF ENGLAND: A SERIES OF ELEVATION PLANS OF THE ROADS, WITH MEASUREMENTS AND DESCRIPTIVE LETTERPRESS
- Author
- Inglis, Harry R.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gall and Inglis
- Place of Publication
- London and Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- England, maps
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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