The General Gazetteer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, In Miniature. Containing a Description of the Empires, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Ports, Seas, Harbors, Rivers, Mountains, Lakes & c. In The Known World.Abridged from Brookes
by Picquot A
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. Book measures 14x9.5.cm. 392pp. Bound in period crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt box tooling, gilt lines on board edges, full gilt edges, coloured endpapers. Leather very lightly rubbed. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice well bound copy. . Fourth Edition. Leather. Very Good Plus. Small 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010412
- Title
- The General Gazetteer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, In Miniature. Containing a Description of the Empires, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Ports, Seas, Harbors, Rivers, Mountains, Lakes & c. In The Known World.Abridged from Brookes
- Author
- Picquot A
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- Small 12mo
- Keywords
- Gazetteer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Leather Bindings; Antiquarian; Reference;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
Should any book not fulfill its description, please contact us, a full refund will be offered if the book is returned within 14 days of purchase, and in the condition in which it was sent.
About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- 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...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- 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...