Matthew Boulton
by Dickinson, H.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Rosscarbery, Cork, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cambridge: Babcock and Wilcox Ltd, 1936. Hardcover. Good +. Cambridge: Babcock and Wilcox Ltd, 1936. First edition. Good +. Some fading to spine of original red cloth, gilt lettered and with a nedallion of Boulton at base of spine, owner's signature to ffep otherwise interior largely clean, some very minor foxing to foredge, binding tight but a little cocked, a bright copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Vivian Art & Antiques (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 743
- Title
- Matthew Boulton
- Author
- Dickinson, H.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Babcock and Wilcox Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1936
Terms of Sale
Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
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About the Seller
Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
Biblio member since 2016
Rosscarbery, Cork
About Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
The Book Shed Gallery - open Sunday to Friday by appointment. Antiques, pictures and second hand and rare books especially on the arts, history, biography, travel, horticulture and poetry
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.