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ROYALTIES OF THE WORLD. BEING A SERIES OF PORTRAITS IN COLOUR OF REIGNING FAMILIES OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD, WITH MONOGRAPHS BY RUDOLF DE CORDOVA
by de Cordova, Rudolf [monographs]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901. Early Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; 96 pages; VG-; three-quarters dark purple bonded leather binding over pebbled cloth boards with gilt titling to front cover and spine and gilt tooling to all faces; some shelfwear to covers, including scuffs, rubbing, chips, slightly exposed boards, and a four-inch split from the head at the front hinge bisecting the spine below the title; textblock clean with red speckling on all edges; inscribed with an illustration reading "To Lucy From Charlie 5 Nov. 1901" on pre-title; full color plates from photographs throughout; one item of ephemera loose within, a pamphlet titled "Reply of His Majesty the King to an Address from the School, July 1, 1911.", shelved above case 4. "NOTE. In consequence of the lamented death of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, which occurred after our first edition was printed, Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra are referred to in many copies of this work by their former titles of Prince and Princess of Wales." (post-title). 1363223. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1363223
- Title
- ROYALTIES OF THE WORLD. BEING A SERIES OF PORTRAITS IN COLOUR OF REIGNING FAMILIES OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD, WITH MONOGRAPHS BY RUDOLF DE CORDOVA
- Author
- de Cordova, Rudolf [monographs]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- George Newnes, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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