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A Landor Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Walter Savage Landor. Collected by..
by (LANDOR). WISE, Thomas James
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- Hardcover
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Private Circulation only, 1928.. Limited edition, one of 175 copies, large 8vo, (xxiv), 103, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 56 plates, occasional light foxing to text leaves, inscribed from Wise on the half title. Original gilt titled buckram with bevelled edges, t.e.g., spine sunned.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24717
- Title
- A Landor Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Walter Savage Landor. Collected by..
- Author
- (LANDOR). WISE, Thomas James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for Private Circulation only
- Date Published
- 1928.
- Keywords
- Literature
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Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
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- Edges
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- Inscribed
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Leaves
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