REVOLT OF THE TARTARS. Or flight of the Kalmuck Khan & his people from the Russian territories to the frontiers of China
by De QUINCEY. THOMAS.; BOYLE. STUART, Illustrates
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About This Item
Dropmore press. London.,1948. LIMITED EDITION. One of 400(of a total 450) copies, numbered, hand printed on hand made paper.Illustrated throughout with full page and vignette line drawings. Original binding of quarter brown morocco, spine with two raised bands and gilt lettering and front leather panel with gilt stamped Tartar on horse back. Boards with brown cloth. Bound by Evans of Croydon.Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Fine copy in very good original dustwrapper with some minor marking to spine but is overall very good indeed. A lovely copy.:
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- Title
- REVOLT OF THE TARTARS. Or flight of the Kalmuck Khan & his people from the Russian territories to the frontiers of China
- Author
- De QUINCEY. THOMAS.; BOYLE. STUART, Illustrates
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dropmore press. London.,1948
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- 0.00 lbs
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- Fine bindings; Children's and Illustrated books;
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
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