THE GAMING TABLE: Its Votaries and Victims, In All Times and Countries, Especially in England and in France
by Steinmetz, Andrew
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1870. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2 volumes, x-436 + 444 pages. Ownership stamp of A.E.H Stewart to front paste down of each volume, circular blind stamp to front end paper for W.H. Smith Library of volume 1.The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Publishers pebbled blind stamped cloth heads of spines neatly strengthened, rubbing to the cloth to base of spine more so to volume 2. The bindings clean and tight with no splits or stains.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03597
- Title
- THE GAMING TABLE: Its Votaries and Victims, In All Times and Countries, Especially in England and in France
- Author
- Steinmetz, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Tinsley Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Gaming , Gambling, Betting
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....