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Jack Safford. A Tale of the East Coast. With Coloured Illustrations by Ernest Prater.
by WEBSTER, William:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, The Religious Tract Society, ca 1913. Hardback, 8 x 5.5 inches. Light blue cloth with gilt decorative lettering and illustrated pictorial design to front and spine. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Prize label to front endpaper “Albert Gray, Edinburgh, 1913.” Some darkening to endpapers, and some mild foxing to pages and page edges. Plates clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. 279pp + 8pp cat. 3 coloured plates by Ernest Prater.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78184
- Title
- Jack Safford. A Tale of the East Coast. With Coloured Illustrations by Ernest Prater.
- Author
- WEBSTER, William:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, The Religious Tract Society, ca 1913
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books WEBSTER, William: Jack Safford, A Tale of the East Coast, With Coloured Illustrations by Ernest Prater, The Religious Tract Society, 1913, blue cloth, gilt, decorative, illustrated, pictorial, design, Albert Gray, Edinburgh, 1913
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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.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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