Whaup o' the Rede: A Ballad of the Border Raiders
by Will Ogilvie
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dalbeattie, Scotland: Thomas Fraser, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. pp 126 A limited edition of 500 in publisher's red cloth over grey boards, with gilt titles and spine lettering, top edge gilt. In near very good condition; spine rubbed, boards worn to corners and watermarked to lower cover. The binding is square and tight. The pages are of good quality paper, fresh with only a few slight watermarks to the edges. A handsome volume, this epic poem is attractively printed in a large font with illuminated initial letters and illustrated by 7 black and white plates protected by tissue guards. Very Good 1909
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christian White Rare Books Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5225
- Title
- Whaup o' the Rede: A Ballad of the Border Raiders
- Author
- Will Ogilvie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Fraser
- Place of Publication
- Dalbeattie, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
30 day return guarantee, no quibble with full refund.
About the Seller
Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
Biblio member since 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
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Glossary
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- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- 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...