The Worthines of Wales
by Churchyard, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- GVG
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: The Spenser Society, 1876. Hardcover. GVG. Facsimile reprint from the original edition of 1587; vi, 108, 4 pp. Bound in three quarter brown cloth with paper covered boards; original blue paper covers bound in, with gilt-stamped label on spine; most of the gilt has rubbed off. Dye has rubbed off much of the cloth of spine and corners but with very little fraying of cloth, otherwise clean and tight. The coronation of King Arthur and other Arthurian tales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4494
- Title
- The Worthines of Wales
- Author
- Churchyard, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GVG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Spenser Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- King Arthur, Arthurian Legends
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Medieval History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lippincott Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hampden, Maine
About Lippincott Books
We invite you to browse through the approximately 1800 books we have listed online on a wide variety of subjects, including strong holdings in Maine history and literature, lumbering, the North Woods of Maine, and Eastern Woodland Indians. We've been in business since 1975, over 25 years with a general antiquarian bookshop in Bangor.We are open by appointment; most of our stock of over 20,000 old and rare books have never been listed online, including a large selection of books on Maine and the Maine Woods. We are regularly adding to our inventory with new acquisitions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...