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PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since March 22, 2001
Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Full dark maroon calf leather binding, with raised banding and extensive gilt decoration to spine, gilt paneled boards and gilt edge dentelles, and attarctive gilt crest.Yellowled endpapers and all gilt page edges. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges. Rear corners a little bumped. Prize labels to front endpaper, ?King?s College London.? Some lminor spots to a couple of inside plates, else inside pages all very clean and tight. 560pp. Illustrated with 7 coloured folding maps. Seller Inventory # 95544
Title: Sinai and Palestine. In Connection with ...
Publisher: London, John Murrary, 1866 New edition
Seller: Virginia Bank Books., ACLE, Norfolk, NOR, United Kingdom
(10787) HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 560 pages. Tissue guarded frontispiece, 5 woodcuts and 7 maps, some fold-out. V.g. in brown diced calf with gilt tooled lining and 4 small motifs on front and rear boards. Gilt decoration to edges of boards and gilt to all edges of textblock. 5 raised bands on faded spine with gilt decoration and lettering between each band. Marbled pastedowns and flyleaves at front and rear. Navy silk page marker. Prize bookplate of Harrow School dated 21st December 1885 on front pastedown. Brown leather on corners a little worn and a few surface marks on front and rear boards. Still a sound tight clean copy. Seller Inventory # 10787
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Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, lviii + 560pp. Colored frontispiece (schematic section across Egypt to Syria) , 6 coloured maps (3 folding out), 5 woodcut plans in text. Volume is a handsomely bound prize volume from King's College, London given for Divinity in the Easter term of 1878. Book is bound in brown leather gilt tooling and titles to spine which has five raised bands, tooling to both boards and gilt coat of arms of King's College London to front board. Plain endpapers, gilt decoration to all edges. Prize label of the Council of King's College, London pasted to front pastedown. Very good clean and tight copy in very attractive presentation. Seller Inventory # 014210
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Seller: Coenobium Libreria antiquaria, Asti, Italy
In 8, pp. LVIII + 560 con 7 tavv. f. t. in lit. a col. Seconda edizione di questo rendiconto geografico, geologico ecc. della Palestina ITA. Seller Inventory # 33 n.896
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Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Complete with 7 Chromolithograph Maps, most Fold-Outs. Frontis illustrated with an interesting "Section" showing Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. Very interesting History. Includes a Chapter on The Holy Places, include the Grotto of the Nativity. Contemporary Brown Full-Leather Binding with 5 Raised bands to spine. Gilt Title on Red Ground in 2nd Compartment and Gilt Linear decoration around bands. Gilt Decoration to board edges and inside border. Endpapers Marbled. All Page edges Gilt. Sewn in Silk Bookmark. 560 Pages, 1 Kilo, 8 3/4" Tall. Slight wear and a little scuffing to leather (see photos). Antique Gift Inscription on blank preliminary page, dated 1867. 2 initials on back of frontis. No other inscriptions. Only a very occasional spot of foxing. Colours bright. Book weighs just over 1 Kilo packed so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 015381
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Seller: Cobnar Books, Deal, United Kingdom
lviii, 560 p. Seven coloured maps, woodcuts in the text. Contemporary chocolate calf prize binding with the crest of Rugby School blocked onto the front board. Spine gilt in panels between raised bands, with a black lettering piece. There is a a little rubbing to edges and corners and spotting to the blank endpapers. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbled to match. Prize inscription in red and blue ink dated 1875 to A. Fawcett A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 8306
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