London: A. & C. Black, Ltd, 1925. Third Impression. Maroon Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. N/a. Type: Z xvii, 667pp. 1925. 3rd impression. 4to. A very good plus, bright, tight pleasing copy. Original publisher's burgundy pebbled cloth boards - gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. Upper edge gilt. Board edges bevelled. No jacket. No split hinges. Virtually no fading to the spine. 22 plates as called for and many other illustrations in the text. Some light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the cloth board corners. Several light bumps to the board edges. A very good plus well preserved copy of a heavy tome, which often comes tired.

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Bookseller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 235463
Title: London in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Besant, Sir Walter
Illustrator: N/a
Format/Binding: Maroon Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Plus
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Third Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. & C. Black, Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1925
Size: 4to - over 9Â¾"
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Tail: The heel of the spine.
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....
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...