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VOL. #1) LOIDIS AND ELMETE: VOL. #2) DUCATUS LEODIENSIS:
by Whitaker, Thomas Dunham & Ralph Thoresby
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Leeds & Wakefield: Robinson, Holdsworth, Hurst. Good+. 1816. Hardcover. Vol. #1) "AN ATTEMPT TO ILLUSTRATE THE DISTRICTS DESCRIBED IN THOSE WORDS BY BEDE; AND SUPPOSED TO EMBRACE THE LOWER PORTIONS OF AREDALE AND WHARFDALE, TOGETHER WITH THE ENTIRE VALE OF CALDER, IN THE COUNTY OF YORK". Vol. #2) "OR THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT AND POPULOUS TOWN AND PARISH OF LEEDES, AND PARTS ADJACENT, IN THE WEST-RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK. WITH THE PEDIGREE OF MANY OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THOSE PARTS; EXTRACTED FROM RECORDS, ORIGINAL EVIDENCE, AND MANUSCRIPTS". Printed by T. Davison for Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth & John Hurst. Portrait frontispieces. Engraved illustrations. Both volumes are re-backed. Leather spines have gilt decorated panels & titles. Texts tight, clean & intact. Marbled endpapers. Each volume measures 11 1/8" x 17 1/8". Scuffed marbled paper covered boards with age darkened edges. Some edge wear including leather protected front corners. Vopl. #1 has a spine head chip.Prior owners armorial book plates "Thomas Newman Frederick Bardwell". England; Engravings; Folio 13" - 23" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15274
- Title
- VOL. #1) LOIDIS AND ELMETE: VOL. #2) DUCATUS LEODIENSIS:
- Author
- Whitaker, Thomas Dunham & Ralph Thoresby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Robinson, Holdsworth, Hurst
- Place of Publication
- Leeds & Wakefield
- Date Published
- 1816
- Keywords
- Flat, England
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Re-backed
- Describes a book that has had the material covering the spine replaced or joints mended.
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