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Annals of Glasgow Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities and the Rise and Progress of the City
by CLELAND, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Without Dust Wrapper
- Seller
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GALSTON, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Scotland: Printed by James Hedderwick, for behoof of the Funds of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 1816. 1st Edition . Leather Binding. Very Good/Without Dust Wrapper. 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Fine Binding of this 1816 First Edition, complete in two volumes. Three Quarter green leather with green cloth boards, Five raised bands down the spine with gilt decoration and title/author. Marbled end pages, top edge gilt at the head of the text block with head and tail bands. Condition - Very Good, some shelf wear to the extremities, minor rubs to the cloth covers, pages lightly tanned otherwise contents clean, bright and tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loudoun Books Ltd.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012731
- Title
- Annals of Glasgow Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities and the Rise and Progress of the City
- Author
- CLELAND, James
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Without Dust Wrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by James Hedderwick, for behoof of the Funds of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary
- Place of Publication
- Scotland
- Date Published
- 1816
- Size
- 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall
- Weight
- 3.37 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Loudoun Books Ltd.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives damaged or not as described. UK Standard delivery is Free. The Shipping Matrix is compiled for a package weighing 1kg. Additional postage will be sought for packages over 1kg for UK Expedited, UK Express of Overseas delivery.
About the Seller
Loudoun Books Ltd.
Biblio member since 2022
GALSTON, East Ayrshire
About Loudoun Books Ltd.
Loudoun Books Ltd. was formed on 15 February 2011, although we had been selling at book fairs and through online marketplaces, for approximately 10 years prior to that. Based in Ayrshire, Scotland we specialise Scottish interest, rare, collectable, First Edition and out of print books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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