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HENRY VIII , Limited Edition
by A.F.POLLARD
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: GOUPIL & Cie / MANZI, JOYANT & CO, 1902 Burgundy Buckram Cloth Boards with Gilt titles to spine and front board, 330 x 265 mm approx.Top Edge gilt others deckle edge. viii + 302 pp.Colour Portrait Colour Frontis with captioned tissue guard + 43 other illustrations as listed save one bound out of place. Published in a limited edition of 1,250 copies - this one is not numbered but marked Presentation Copy. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Book- Mild shelf wear, shelf soiling incl. liquid splash marks to spine which is also a little sunned, previous owner book plate to front paste down - Adolphus William Ward late Master of Peterhouse Cambridge and later same family (Maternal side) Sir John and Lady Barnes bookplate to free front end paper (Late British Ambassador to The Netherlands and previously Israel) Offset browning to free end papers and mild to moderate foxing to prelims and occasionally to margins. Tissue guards tanned, a little dust ingression to fore edge of deckled pages.Binding sound with no other notable defects). NB The size and quality paper of the book block make for a very heavy tome and we may need to seek additional postage for overseas shipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127993
- Title
- HENRY VIII , Limited Edition
- Author
- A.F.POLLARD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- GOUPIL & Cie / MANZI, JOYANT & CO
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Henry VIII, Limited Edition , 1902 , A F Pollard M.A. , Elizabeth of York, Prince Arthur, Cardinal Wolsey, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Francis I, Field of the Cloth of Gold, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Howard, Thomas Cranmer, Princess
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- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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