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Jerusalem: The Holy City its History and Hope
by Mrs (Margaret) Oliphant
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$94.86NZ$71.14
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About This Item
Jerusalem: The Holy City its History and Hope by Mrs (Margaret) Oliphant, with wood engravings by Hamilton Aide and photographs by F. M. Good.
Hardback, 1893, second edition (first published 1891), illustrated, published by Macmillan and Co., London, 576 pages + xxvi + 4-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Crown octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 3/8" by 1 1/2". Dark green cloth binding, gilt emblem and detail to front board, gilt lettering and detail to spine. Some scuffing and marking but reasonably clean. Clear signs of rubbing, shelf-wear. Bumped and slightly torn corners. Book has forward tilt. Some slackness to binding but book contents intact. Some foxing, scuffing and marking to page edges, upper edges gilt. Intermittent foxing to page surfaces, some are very clean whilst others are foxed. Previous owner names inscribed to half-title and title pages but book contains no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
Hardback, 1893, second edition (first published 1891), illustrated, published by Macmillan and Co., London, 576 pages + xxvi + 4-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Crown octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 3/8" by 1 1/2". Dark green cloth binding, gilt emblem and detail to front board, gilt lettering and detail to spine. Some scuffing and marking but reasonably clean. Clear signs of rubbing, shelf-wear. Bumped and slightly torn corners. Book has forward tilt. Some slackness to binding but book contents intact. Some foxing, scuffing and marking to page edges, upper edges gilt. Intermittent foxing to page surfaces, some are very clean whilst others are foxed. Previous owner names inscribed to half-title and title pages but book contains no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-032
- Title
- Jerusalem: The Holy City its History and Hope
- Author
- Mrs (Margaret) Oliphant
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Pages
- 576+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jerusalem; Israel; Jewish; Holy City; Christian
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About the Seller
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Inverness, Highland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
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