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The book of mottos, borne by nobility and gentry, public companies, cities, etc.; with their English significations, bearers' names, titles, etc. ... Selected from the Book of family crests, and other sources
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- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: H. Washbourne. Good with no dust jacket. 1851. New Edition. Flexible cloth. 122 unnumbered pages. New edition. Dark red ribbed flexible cloth boards with lovely blindstamping with a gilt center piece with armorial helmets. Corners rubbed, spine cover worn and soft. Interior paper a little toned, page corners lightly bumped and worn, binding/sewing shaken but holden. Quite scarce, World Cat shows only a few copies of the 1841, 1851 and 1860 editions, no other holdings. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 122 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7206
- Title
- The book of mottos, borne by nobility and gentry, public companies, cities, etc.; with their English significations, bearers' names, titles, etc. ... Selected from the Book of family crests, and other sources
- Author
- n/a
- Format/Binding
- Flexible cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. Washbourne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
- Keywords
- Mottos, Crests, Heraldry, Coats Of Arms
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genealogy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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