Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. Author's revised edition.
by IRVING, Washington
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1893.. 1893 Two volumes. xxx, 379; xiv, 405, [1] p. Frontis. and plates which are protected by tissues. Agapida Edition. Publisher's ornately gilt white cloth bindings over bevelled boards designed to resemble ornate vellum bindings, with decorative printed endpapers in an arbesque pattern. The text throughout is printed within red and black borders. The cloth is toned and there is some spotting, mainly to the edges of the text blocks. Otherwise clean and tight. There is a gift inscription dated Xmas 1892 to the verso of a front endpaper. An impressive piece of 1890s book design.
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- Bookseller
- COBNAR BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8285
- Title
- Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. Author's revised edition.
- Author
- IRVING, Washington
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press
- Date Published
- 1893.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Deal, Kent
About COBNAR BOOKS
Trading online and at bookfairs since 1995 and a PBFA member since 1997. Visitors by appointment only. We carry a small stock, specialising in Antiquarian, Academic, Provincial Printing and other bibliographical oddities.
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Vellum
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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