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Chronological Account of Remarkable Occurrences From The Commencement of The French Revolution to the 31st December 1815. Extracted from the Belfast News Letter, Commencing Jan 1816. Corrected and Enlarged.
by MACKAY, Alexander:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Belfast, Alexander Mackay, 1816 1st. Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Full polished calf leather with gilt lettering to front and inset lighter leather strip to front and rear boards. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Later fine leather binding. Later endpapers. Slight fading to spine, some minor handling marks to boards. Else clean and smart. Chip to top corner of fist few pages (up to approx p50.) and last couple of pages at rear. Small tear to edge p9/10. Pages a little darkened, moderately foxed around page edges, a few handling marks. Binding tight and sound. Else a very good clean and tight copy. xi + 324pp. Lacks frontis plate.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92982
- Title
- Chronological Account of Remarkable Occurrences From The Commencement of The French Revolution to the 31st December 1815. Extracted from the Belfast News Letter, Commencing Jan 1816. Corrected and Enlarged.
- Author
- MACKAY, Alexander:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Belfast, Alexander Mackay, 1816 1st
- Keywords
- Military Subjects Military Biography History Limited Edition French Revolution Napoleon
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Foxed
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- Plate
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- Edges
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
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