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The Island of Jersey. Souvenir of Jersey. Its Towns, Antiquities, and other Objects of Interest.
by NELSON, T.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, T. Nelson & Sons, n.d. ca1891. Small hardback, Oblong, 6 x 4 inches. Blue cloth with beveled edges, colour plate to front board, with maroon decoration and gilt lettering to front. Pale yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners, a couple of minor handling marks to boards else cover clean and smart. Some slight rubbing to plate on front else clean and bright. Neat pencil inscription to endpaper “J.c. George, August ‘91.” Advertisement plate pasted to front free endpaper “Belmont House School, Jersey.” Some neat dates in pencil to a couple of margins by text, also to corner of a couple of plates. A couple of minor handling marks else pages and plates all very clean, bright and tight throughout. A lovely little copy. 48pp. Illustrated with 25 full page colour chromolithograph plates (including frontis and plate to front). With smaller B&W illustrations and 2 maps in text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87593
- Title
- The Island of Jersey. Souvenir of Jersey. Its Towns, Antiquities, and other Objects of Interest.
- Author
- NELSON, T.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, T. Nelson & Sons, n.d. ca1891
- Keywords
- ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY Topography, Jersey, island, souvenir, nelson, views, chromos, colour plates, 1891, victorian, castle, st. helier, devils hole, st. catherines, landscapes, beaches, bays
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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