London: George Bell and Sons. 1900. Revised edition, a new chapter "Lord Leighton's house in 1900" by Mr. Revised edition, a new chapter "Lord Leighton's house in 1900" by Mr. S. Pepys Cockerell published here for the first time. Bound by Henry Young and Sons, Liverpool in half red morocco and marbled paper covered boards. Five raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt and green and titles in gilt titles to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated extensively with black and white plates throughout. A beautiful near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the red morocco rich and without fading. The contents, with the bookplate of the book collector Robert J. Hayhurst to the front pastedown and some spotting to the prelims and text block edge are otherwise clean throughout. A beautifully bound example. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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Bookseller: Lucius Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16892
Title: FREDERIC LORD LEIGHTON
Author: RHYS, Ernest:
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Revised edition, a new chapter "Lord Leighton's house i
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: George Bell and Sons. 1900

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers 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....
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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"...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...