London: Elliot Stock. Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Hardcover. Cloth spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped. Light cover soiling and rubbing. Faded spine. Shaken binding and foxed, browned pages. Former owner name inside front cover. Deckle edge pages with some small fore edge tears and chips. International addresses may require extra postage due to weight. ; Thick 4to, original red cloth with gilt lettering and black cover and spine illustration, 428pp. , index, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. .

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Bookseller: Old Editions Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 795
Title: Memorials of Old Chelsea: a New History of the Village of Palaces
Author: Beaver, Alfred
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Elliot Stock
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1892
Keywords: English, British, History, Architecture, Chelsea, Churches, China, Buildings
Bookseller catalogs: Area Studies / England;

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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...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Deckle edge: Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...