The English Abbey
by Crossley, Fred H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons and London: B.T. Batsford, 1943. 2nd edition, revised. (First published in 1939.) A study of the "life and work" of abbeys in the Middle Ages. Color frontispiece and b&w illustrations throughout, including two fold-out plans. xiv, 114 pp. Clothbound 8vo. VG/VG. Sound, tight binding. Lower front corner bumped. Some foxing of the color dust jacket and edges of the text block, but clean internally. Jacket designed by Brian Cook. Price-clipped with modest chipping. Now protected by a clear archival cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001272
- Title
- The English Abbey
- Author
- Crossley, Fred H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons / Batsford
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture, Photography; Britain, Europe; Religion, Theology;
Terms of Sale
Lux Libri
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About the Seller
Lux Libri
Biblio member since 2006
Elizabethtown, New York
About Lux Libri
Online booksellers since 1996 with general inventory of used and rare books, signed material, ephemera, etc. Our listings are original and show the actual item for sale. We do not use stock photos or descriptions. Most dust jackets are protected in clear, archival covers (removable, if desired.) Books are shipped in sturdy, new boxes with tracking. (Paper and lightweight items may ship in padded envelopes.) Inquiries always welcome and promptly answered.
Glossary
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...