London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1929. Full-Leather. Very Good. Pp. i-lv, 1-527, frontis portrait + 25 illustrations, octavo format, marbled fore-edges and endpapers, full tree calf leather binding with gilt stamped crest and gilt edge-decorations on the front board, extensive gilt decorations to the spine with five raised bands, gilt tiltes on red leather compartment. Very Good copy with modest wear to extremities, gilt very bright, binding holding well, except front external joint starting to crack a bit at the top. Presentation plate on fep to an Upper Canada College student, dated 1933. Internally Fine, with minor foxing to blank endpapers. Some "tide mark" stains to the fore-edge of the text block, not affecting text. Boards slightly bowing. A very atttractive example of this book acquired from the original owner's family. Photos available.

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Bookseller: Inno Dubelaar Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 789893
Title: The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
Author: Ingoldsby, Thomas Esquire
Format/Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1929
Bookseller catalogs: Old Stuff;

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Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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....
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
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): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...