Montreal: Cambridge Corporation Limited This is one of the Royal Canadian Editions of the Beautiful Britain series of which 1000 were printed. This is a full Blue Moroccon Leather that has some shelf wear and wear and a tear to the upper spine.. There is a gilt dragon with a coat of arms on the front and TEG. There are 5 raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Blue silk endpapers and 223 pages. Also listed are two more of the same series in the same binding - Beautiful; Britain - Oxford" and "Beautiful Britain - Vanished and Vanishing London". 75 illustrations are as bright as when they were published. Portions of the table of contents are: London as a piece of mosaic; the color of london, the city, great buildings, westminister, the river, great men, commonplace scenes - these are just a few of the chapter headings. Fully indexed. An overall great book for lovers of Great Britain and London in particular. Priced for the wear indicated.. Royal Canadian Edition. Full Blue Morocco Leather. Good. Illus. by Marshall Herbert M.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Pat Zadina Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000868
Title: Beautiful Britain - The Scenery of London (Royal Canadian Edition)
Author: Mitton, G. E
Illustrator: Marshall Herbert M.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: Royal Canadian Edition
Publisher: Cambridge Corporation Limited
Place of Publication: Montreal
Keywords: A.C. Black, London, Great Britain, Beautiful Britain, Illustrated, Fine Bindings, Rare Books, Antiquarian, Travel & Geography, AB2005
Bookseller catalogs: Travel; Great Britain; History; Illustrated; Antiquarian; Rare Books; Travel & Geography;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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...
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....
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...
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...