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Curiosities of London; Exhibiting The Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest In the Metropolis
by Timbs, John
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: Virtue & Co, 1867. New Edition. Quarter Leather. Very good. New Edition, corrected and enlarged, of Curiosities of London by John Timbs, published around 1867.. Thick octavo, vii, [3], 871pp. Three-quarter red morocco, marbled boards, title in gilt over black label. Marbled endpapers, marbled leaf ends. Rear hinge starting, but stable. Small bookseller's label on front endpaper. Text block solid, clean. Complete with frontispiece and vignette title page, and 5 full-page steel engravings. Publication date from preface statement by the author, dated December, 1867. First published in 1855.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13654
- Title
- Curiosities of London; Exhibiting The Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest In the Metropolis
- Author
- Timbs, John
- Illustrator
- New Edition, corrected and enlarged, of Curiosities of London by John Timbs, published around 1867.
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Virtue & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1867
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Marbled boards
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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"...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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