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George the Third His Court and Family. (2 Volumes)
by Galt, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Henry Colburn and Co., 1821. Leather Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. [xvi], 477; 454 pages, indexed. Hardcovers bound in full red straight grained morocco leather with spine titles and tooling in gilt. The bindings are rubbed and show old scuffing and some stains. Hinges rubbed but sound. There are a few heavier gouges on the boards. All edges gilt. Plain gray endpapers. Text is toned and shows some foxing. Some gatherings slightly sprung. Collates complete with 18 full-page engravings (portraits: 10 in Volume I and 8 in Volume II). A sturdy set. (The author's name is not given, but this work is attributed to John Galt).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051351
- Title
- George the Third His Court and Family. (2 Volumes)
- Author
- Galt, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 3.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1821; John Galt; George the Third; King George III; History; American Revolution; Revolutionary War; Royalty; England; Great Britain; 19th Century; Rare; Leather Bindings; Multi-Volume Set; Engravings.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Great Britain;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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...
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