Half hours with the best authors. In two volumes. A new edition, with steel portraits.
by KNIGHT, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co.,, [1885.]. 1885 Two volumes. Calf prize bindings by Relfe Brothers for Camberwell Grammar School. Prize label dated 1885. The spines gilt in panels between raised bands with two labels. The boards lined with a two line roll and with the school armorial to the front board. Some loss of surface on the joints and on the head of the spine of Vol. 1, but still nice examples. Relfe Brothers traded from Aldgate and issued price lists of prize bindings for colleges and schools.
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- Bookseller
- COBNAR BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8497
- Title
- Half hours with the best authors. In two volumes. A new edition, with steel portraits.
- Author
- KNIGHT, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Frederick Warne and Co.,
- Date Published
- [1885.]
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About COBNAR BOOKS
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....