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Historical and Armorial Bookbindings exhibited in the University Library: Descriptive Catalogue
by Reginald Arthur Rye and Muriel Sinton Quinn
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
University of London, 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". x + 48pp. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked and creased. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Covers marked. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Books on Books; Antiques & Collectibles. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 39651. .
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- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39651
- Title
- Historical and Armorial Bookbindings exhibited in the University Library: Descriptive Catalogue
- Author
- Reginald Arthur Rye and Muriel Sinton Quinn
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- BZDB243 antiques, books, collectibles, design Books on Books; Antiques & Collectibles. Unbranded Reginald Arthur Rye and Muriel Sinton Quinn Historical and Armorial Bookbindings exhibited in the University Library: Descriptive Catalogue
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles; Books on Books;
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
Biblio member since 2013
Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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...
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