The Great Pyramid of Gizeh: Its Riddle Read, Its Secret Metrology Fully Revealed as the Origin of British Measures.
by M. W. H. Lombe Brooke
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 9110486224
- ISBN 13
- 9789110486225
- Seller
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Hutchinson, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: Robert Banks & Son, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/No Jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and black border. Wear to corners. Black endpages. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. Previous price written in pencil on verso of frontispiece. Black and white frontispiece on glossy paper with tissue cover. Previous owner's name in ink at bottom of title page. Note of date of purchase on verso of title page. Three black and white illustrations in addition to the frontispiece. Errata listed on the final page. Back endpage missing. Very few copies of this book are available. According to WorldCat, only 3 in the U.S. Hinges good; pages tight. A nice copy in good condition for its age.
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- Bookseller
- Bookends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 181272
- Title
- The Great Pyramid of Gizeh: Its Riddle Read, Its Secret Metrology Fully Revealed as the Origin of British Measures.
- Author
- M. W. H. Lombe Brooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9110486224
- ISBN 13
- 9789110486225
- Publisher
- Robert Banks & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Pages
- 217
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
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- Worldcat
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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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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