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The Escorial : a historical and descriptive account of the Spanish Royal Palace, monastery and mausoleum.
by Albert F Calvert:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1907. First edition (hardback). 12mo (20cm by 13cm), xxiii, 77pp. 278 b&w plates. Original red cloth, gilt titling and design to the spine, gilt motif to the front board, top edge gilt. There is scatered foxing of the text pages, and a couple of bookplates to the front pastedown; overall, this book is in good plus condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72133
- Title
- The Escorial : a historical and descriptive account of the Spanish Royal Palace, monastery and mausoleum.
- Author
- Albert F Calvert:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1907.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....