Of London
by Pennant, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Printed for Rob. T. Fauldner. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges cracked. Some rubbing to boards. Heavy rubbing to edges of boards with some loss of leather. Heavy rubbing to joints and raised bands of spine. Plates generally very clean. ; v, [1], 439, [1], [8] + frontis + 101 plates (including 9 folding). Extra-illustrated. Half blue morocco binding with marbled boards. Five raised bands to spine. Gilt decorations on spine. Marbled endpapers. A wide margined copy. Page dimensions: 235 x 191mm. The plates are mostly portraits. A smaller number are architectural. Several of the folding plates are of Westminster Abbey. "A good nucleus for extra-illustration can be made out of most standard works - Boswell, Pepys, Pennant's 'London', Sloane's 'Napoleon'." - Sawyer and Darton, "English Books" (1927). 19th century showing coat of arms of Chase on front endpaper. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5369
- Title
- Of London
- Author
- Pennant, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Rob. T. Fauldner
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1790
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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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