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The survey of London: containing the Originall, Antiquitie, Increase and more moderne Estate of the sayd famous Citie Written in the Year 1598
by Stow, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Purslow. Good with no dust jacket. 1618. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in half leather with title in gilt on red background, 5 raised bands, gilt decoration, leather worn at corners and spine ends. Has been rebound probably early in 20th century by name and date on front endpaper, title page and final contents page have been reinforced, name and date on title page, also name and date on title page verso, visible through reinforcing. 984 pages in total. No map or frontispiece .
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- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68325
- Title
- The survey of London: containing the Originall, Antiquitie, Increase and more moderne Estate of the sayd famous Citie Written in the Year 1598
- Author
- Stow, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- George Purslow
- Date Published
- 1618
- Keywords
- British History, Elizabethan England, Leather bindings, London Wards
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & topography / England;
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About the Seller
Aucott & Thomas
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Ibstock, Leicestershire
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Glossary
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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