THE HISTORY OF ROME FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF ROME TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE - IN 2 VOLS
by GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
Derby: George Cowie, 1825. Book. G+. Full Calf. First Edition Thus.. Vol.I- viii+358pp; Vol.II 372pp; Both volumes full calf with 4 raised bands bearing gilt decoration and title and volume labels in red and black morocco with gilt lettering and numbering ; gilt tooling to edges of boards; Vol. I has loss to head and tail of spine; Vol.I has loss to head only; boards rubbed; front pastedown of both volumes bear book plate, private library plate and previous owner's signature; inside back of Vol.I show worn damage; eps foxed else tight and bright; Digital photos available upon request; Size: 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003964
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF ROME FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF ROME TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE - IN 2 VOLS
- Author
- GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Cowie
- Place of Publication
- Derby
- Date Published
- 1825
- Keywords
- ROME
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Weathered Stone Books
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Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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- Edges
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- G+
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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