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The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York
de Thomas Dunham Whitaker
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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EUR 1,031.05EUR 927.95
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Leeds: Joseph Dodgson, 1878. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 14" by 11". Unnamed. A lovely third edition copy of 'The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York' by the noted English clergyman and topographer, Thomas Dunham Whitaker. This copy is edited by Alfred William Whitehead Morant, with a chapter on the 'Geology, Natural History and Pre-Historic Antiquities' by the English palaeontologist, biologist and academic, Louis Compton Miall. Copiously illustrated throughout, with: A portrait frontispiece of Thomas Dunham Whitaker, with a decorative pictorial half-title page. Three maps, one of which is folding. Four 'Ground Plans' Eighty plates, twenty nine of which are folding plates, of family trees and sketches. This copy also features 'Directions to the Binder' to the verso of the final page of the text. In a quarter black cloth binding with blue cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart. Slightly bumped and rubbed to extremities. Very slight rubbing to spine. Handling marks and rubbing to board, more severe to rear. Very small closed tear to fore edge of front free-endpaper. Very small loss to fore edge of half title page. Very faint offsetting half title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout, with the odd light handling mark. Handling mark to fore edge, page 7. Faint spotting to page 19, not affecting text. Small closed tear to gutter of folding plates facing page 32, 93, 96, 106, and 238. Offsetting from plates to pages 52, 105, 258, and 481. Large tear to folding plate to recto of page 96, and plate facing page 194. Small closed tear to fore edge, page 137. Tape repair to plate facing page 514. Very Good Indeed
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- Librería
- Rooke Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 615M10
- Título
- The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York
- Autor
- Thomas Dunham Whitaker
- Ilustrador
- Unnamed
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Joseph Dodgson
- Lugar de publicación
- Leeds
- Fecha de publicación
- 1878
- Tamaño
- 14" by 11"
- Palabras clave
- Miall Whitaker Morant Illustrated Whitaker Folding Plates York
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
