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THE BRITISH ISLES DEPICTED BY PEN AND CAMERA

by Edited By Groff Conklin

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  • Hardcover
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Good/No Jacket
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Cassell and Company, 1900. Limited. . Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. The BRITISH ISLES DEPICTED BY PEN AND CAMERA Cassell and Company, 3 Volumes in 6 books. Specially prepared for Subscription. Undated (early 1900's), appx size. 8 1/2 in x 11in., green part leather and cloth covers with gold embossing, casing gold embossed as well. Set comprising the original 3 volumes bound into 2 sections per volume. This is a very nice set in good+ condition. Text clean and unmarked bindings tight. Gift card, unreadable due to fading of ink pasted inside cover. Covers clean but do show slight signs of wear with rubs at bottom of spine, a couple have slight bumps on edges of cover otherwise good+. As you travel through the British Isles you are treated to not only the history and heritage of an area but a book loaded with maps, color plates, B&W photos and the set contains 6 Rembrandt photogravures. Covers are olive-green cloth with ruled gilt decorative lines to front, gilt decoration and titles to spine gilt casing page edges. Hardback, text clean and unmarked, bindings in various conditions see list of vols. All state "This Edition is specially prepared for subscription and not available through booksellers" Section 1: Vol. 1: Very good condition, cover good binding good pasted down presentation note. Vol 2: Binding cracking at various registers, binding sections however are tight. Vol 3: Binding has slight crack on front hinge otherwise good Section 2: Vol 1: Very good condition Vol. 2: Binding cracking in various sections, however registers are tight cracking are binding rear Vol. 3: Binding cracking in various sections, however registers are tight. Additional shipping due to weight to be determined by buyer's zip code.

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Bookseller
Phoenix books\Joannes Used Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000777
Title
THE BRITISH ISLES DEPICTED BY PEN AND CAMERA
Author
Edited By Groff Conklin
Format/Binding
Decorative Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limited.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Cassell and Company
Date Published
1900
Keywords
BRITISH ISLES, TRAVEL, PEN & INK, PHOTOGRAPHY
Bookseller catalogs
Travel and Adventure;
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Los Banos, California

About Phoenix books\Joannes Used Books

Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books) is a full-service new and used bookstore located in the heart of California's central valley. In business since 1977, we carry a large selection of new and used titles in all subjects, special order, offer search services as well as notary services. We have a large collection of titles dealing with Equines, Central California History, regional cookbooks and Indian/Asian Art.The store is open Monday through Saturday.

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Good+
A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Hinge
The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Bumps
Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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...
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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