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Villa and Cottage Architecture: select examples of country and suburban residences recently erected. With a full descriptive notice of each building
by [Blackie & Sons]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son, 1868. First edition. Folio: xii, 112, [2] pages + 80 plates. Half sheep with pebbled green cloth, spine gilt in 6 compartments with newer black leather spine label. Very Good. Bookplate, lightly foxed, front two blanks wrinkled, front joint professionally repaired, worn at extremities.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Whale Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016506
- Title
- Villa and Cottage Architecture: select examples of country and suburban residences recently erected. With a full descriptive notice of each building
- Author
- [Blackie & Sons]
- Format/Binding
- Folio: xii, 112, [2] pages + 80 plates. Half sheep with pebbled green cloth, spine gilt in 6 compartments with newer black leath
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
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About the Seller
Blue Whale Books, ABAA
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Charlottesville, Virginia
About Blue Whale Books, ABAA
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- 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...
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