HISTORICAL and TOPOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS relating to The Early History of Parts of SOUTH SOMERSET
by Batten, John, FSA
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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POOLE, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Whitby & Son, 1894. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Personal ownership of the author's son, John Mount Batten (with his nameplate inside) being a gift from his father/author. Collectible 1894 1st edn, book is inscribed "John Mount Batten with Father's Love, 7th April 1894". Fair/acceptable condition only. Worn green cloth covers, browned and foxed pages, firm binding. Gilt top edge wearing off and dingy page edges. Posting from UK within 1 business day of order receipt..
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- Bookseller
- Embull Enterprises
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000469
- Title
- HISTORICAL and TOPOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS relating to The Early History of Parts of SOUTH SOMERSET
- Author
- Batten, John, FSA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Whitby & Son
- Date Published
- 1894
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Reference/Languages;
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Embull Enterprises
Biblio member since 2009
POOLE, Dorset
About Embull Enterprises
Located in Dorset, U.K. selling used books online only
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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