Bishop Harper and the Canterbury Settlement
by PURCHAS, H.T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Whitcombe & Tombs 1909. Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 253pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 242936
- Title
- Bishop Harper and the Canterbury Settlement
- Author
- PURCHAS, H.T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whitcombe & Tombs 1909
- Keywords
- New Zealand history Canterbury Settlers Bishop Harper
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...