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ARMORIAL FAMILIES A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-Armour Showing Which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority
by FOX-DAVIES Arthur Charles
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- Seller
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Dulverton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: T. C. & E.C. Jack, 1899. 3rd edn. Tall 8vo (11½ x 8 ins). Original gilt decorated brown buckram cloth, top edge gilt (rebacked with spine neatly re-laid and new endpapers - boards a little marked and scratched - otherwise VG). Pp. xxxv + 924, illus with full page b&w plates and arms in text (no inscriptions).
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- Bookseller
- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162862
- Title
- ARMORIAL FAMILIES A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-Armour Showing Which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority
- Author
- FOX-DAVIES Arthur Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edinburgh: T. C. & E.C. Jack, 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- Heraldry;
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Dulverton
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
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