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The World's Worship in Stone: Temple, Cathedral, and Mosque
by M. M. Ripley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Orange Park, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1880. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. "One Hundred and Fifty Engravings from the Best Artists." First edition, first printing, as identified by title page dated 1880, with 1879 copyright date. Huge folio-size hardcover bound in dark-brown embossed cloth ornately decorated in gilt on front cover and spine with massive gilt illustrations of a temple, a cathedral and a mosque on the front cover. Gilt-covered page edges. Dark-brown coated endpapers. Frontispiece engraving protected with tissue. 176 pages. B/w engravings on heavyweight paper throughout. Measures approx. 13" x 10 1/4". In VERY GOOD + condition. Light wear to spine ends and corner tips. Boards have a few slight touches of surface wear and one small rubbed spot at fore edge of front cover. Otherwise excellent. The gilt on the front cover and spine remains extremely bright and unworn. Pages are lightly age-toned with some sporadic light foxing but otherwise close to flawless with no stains or tears. No previous owner markings..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3906
- Title
- The World's Worship in Stone: Temple, Cathedral, and Mosque
- Author
- M. M. Ripley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Estes and Lauriat
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- collectible, 1st edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality; 18th- and 19th-Century Books; First Printings;
Terms of Sale
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Edges
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- Folio
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- 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....
- First Edition
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