Westminster Abbey, its memories and its message
by STURGEON, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1921. Hardcover. Large cloth hardback, 21.5x27.5cm, red embossed title and black illustrations on upper board, gilt, red and black design on spine, etched frontis and 15 tipped-in drawings by Louis Weirter, all images present, neat illustrated bookplate on inside front cover, slgihtly shaken, light rubbing on outside edges, very good overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crouch Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153730
- Title
- Westminster Abbey, its memories and its message
- Author
- STURGEON, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
- Date Published
- 1921
Terms of Sale
Crouch Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Crouch Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Godalming, Surrey
About Crouch Rare Books
Out-of-print and antiquarian books and maps
Established 1970
Established 1970
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
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- Spine
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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...
- G
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