The Growth of the English House
by Gotch, J. Alfred
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Batsford. Signed and Inscribed by Publisher Herbert Batsford to T. Raffles Harison s Follows:" Ever ready to help. With Kind Regards and Thanks from Herbert Batsford, 29/10/1909" Bound in white vellum with gilt lettering and extensive decoration to front board and spine, this hardcover 1909 First Edition is VG. V111/336pp with marbled endpapers, headbands, all edges gilt. Contents include: Preface,14 chapters, Glossary and numerous illustrations (photographs, scale plans, engravings etc) Spine slightly dirty, odd marks to boards, otherwise VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1909.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005951
- Title
- The Growth of the English House
- Author
- Gotch, J. Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Batsford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- The Growth of the English House (1909) Signed and Inscribed By Publisher Herbert Batsford
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
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