At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. The Works of Charles Kingsley. Volume XIV.
by KINGSLEY, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1882.. Macmillan, London. 1882. Bound in half red calf, raised bands with gilt decorations to compartments and gilt type to contrasting olive green title and author pieces to spine; marbled boards. End-papers and all page edges marbled. Frontis. with tissue guard + futher ills. throughout. 401 pages. Boards a little rubbed; a very nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83920
- Title
- At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. The Works of Charles Kingsley. Volume XIV.
- Author
- KINGSLEY, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1882.
- Keywords
- TRAVEL and TOPOGRAPHY Trinidad
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Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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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...
- 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...