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Screens and Galleries in English Churches
by Bond, Frances
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N/A
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover in blue cloth and white titling. Very Good/N/A. Rare book on the screens and galleries (architectural details) of churches in England.
Book is very good - tight and square - with over 150 photographs and drawings. Cover soiled, corners bumped and rubbed, no dust jacket. Textblock edges soiled and lightly foxed. Interior is clean and bright.
Contains bookplates of banker Harold Chandler Kimball (1861-1911) and his son, Charles Pond Kimball (1897-1982). Harold Chandler Kimball was an organ aficionado and this is reflected in his bookplate.
Scarce title with provenance.
Book is very good - tight and square - with over 150 photographs and drawings. Cover soiled, corners bumped and rubbed, no dust jacket. Textblock edges soiled and lightly foxed. Interior is clean and bright.
Contains bookplates of banker Harold Chandler Kimball (1861-1911) and his son, Charles Pond Kimball (1897-1982). Harold Chandler Kimball was an organ aficionado and this is reflected in his bookplate.
Scarce title with provenance.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Librariana Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 825
- Title
- Screens and Galleries in English Churches
- Author
- Bond, Frances
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in blue cloth and white titling
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BOOKS;
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Librariana Fine Books
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Our mission is to help individuals, families and organizations furnish their bookspaces in a way that reflects their personality and values.
Beginning with fine books, and extending to other "librariana" - art, antiques and collectibles that make a space a library. We also repair books, and consult with home owners, organizations and bookstore owners looking to make their bookspaces into purposeful sanctuaries.
Whether your bookspace is a corner shelf in a bedroom, or a grand corporate space for meetings and work, Librariana can help "improve your library".
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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