The Midland Railway Its Rise And Progress
by Williams, Frederick S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bemrose and Co, 1878. Boards have suffered some heavy wear, resulting in removal of original cloth and repair with new boards. Spine, front and rear intact. Contemporary PD front and rear, text block and PP are original to bind and clean and tidy. Gilt C/E. Tight copy. Dec Blind Stamped Cloth Boards. Good/No Jacket. 8vo Thick.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48388
- Title
- The Midland Railway Its Rise And Progress
- Author
- Williams, Frederick S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Bemrose and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Size
- 8vo Thick
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....