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Pictures in Colour of Warwickshire: The Country of Shakespeare and George Eliot
by Descriptive notes by F. L. Sabatini
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$25.28NZ$18.95
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About This Item
Pictures in Colour of Warwickshire: The Country of Shakespeare and George Eliot, with descriptive notes by F. L. Sabatini. Hardback, circa 1910, illustrated with 50 coloured pictures of Statford-on-Avon, Kenilworth, Conventry, Nuneaton. Published by Jarrold & Sons, Ltd, London, with publisher's compliments slip tipped in towards read of book and some contemporaneous advertisements.
Measures around 8 3/8" by 7 1/2" by 1/2". Red and green cloth binding with pictorial label and gilt lettering to front board. Some marking and scuffing to binding, with discolouration towards fore-edges but reasonably clean. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, slightly bumped corners. Binding reasonably firm but some tearing to front inner hinge. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Marking to endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper dating from 1910. The odd bit of marking to page surfaces but reasonably clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-638
- Title
- Pictures in Colour of Warwickshire: The Country of Shakespeare and George Eliot
- Author
- Descriptive notes by F. L. Sabatini
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jarrold & Sons, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Cira 1910
- Pages
- 50
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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