BYGONE ETON: BEING A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL VIEWS OF THE BUILDINGS AT ETON COLLEGE, WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES.
by R. A. Austen Leigh M.A
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- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Eton College, Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd, 1906. Hardcover. Near Fine. 29 cm x 39 cm, (viii) 47 pates including a plan with accompanying letterpress top edge gilt. The contents clean and tight occasional spotting to the tissue guards. Presentation inscription to front blank end paper to Charles Geoffrey Maurice des Grey, on leaving Eton, (Grey later became chairman of Sothebys).Finely bound in 1/2 vellum with gilt title to upper board. The binding tight the vellum clean wit no splits chips or marks. A heavy book postage may be greater than the ABE quote.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03774
- Title
- BYGONE ETON: BEING A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL VIEWS OF THE BUILDINGS AT ETON COLLEGE, WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES.
- Author
- R. A. Austen Leigh M.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eton College, Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Eton College
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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