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Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems
by Aytoun, William Edmondstoune
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1854. Seventh Edition. Full-Leather. (10) , 351, (3) pages. Full leather binding with 5 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Inner borders gilt. Owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Signatures on half-title page. Rubbing to edges of spine and to corners of boards. ; 16mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001192
- Title
- Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems
- Author
- Aytoun, William Edmondstoune
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Seventh Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- Lays Scottish Cavaliers Poems William Aytoun Leath
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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