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PICTURESQUE EUROPE (COMPLETE 3 VOLUME LEATHER BOUND SET) A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent.
by Taylor, Bayard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
D. Appleton. Very Good. 1875, 1878, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. ; Folio 13" x 10.25". Complete 3 volume set. Three quarter brown morocco leather bound covers with 5 raised bands, brown pebbled boards, and gilt stamping are worn at corners and extremities but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Leather has been treated with professional leather cover preservation gel to stop and prevent deterioration. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Gilt page edges all the way around are in very good condition and still shine. Marbled end sheets and paste down are vibrant and near pristine. Frontispieces and plates throughout protected by tissue with barely a hint of toning and no foxing. Pages are lightly toned but clean and mostly appear to be unread. ; 1439 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8285
- Title
- PICTURESQUE EUROPE (COMPLETE 3 VOLUME LEATHER BOUND SET) A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent.
- Author
- Taylor, Bayard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton
- Date Published
- 1875, 1878, 1879
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
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