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Title

Embroidered Silk and Jewelled Binding

The

Christian Year

Thoughts in Verse

For the Sundays and Holydays

Throughout the Year

[New Impression – Embroidered Silk and Jewelled Binding]

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Author

Church of England

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Year of Publication

1900

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Publisher

London New York and Bombay: Longmans Green and Co.

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For full description see below - after all photographs

Description:

London New York and Bombay: Longmans Green and Co., 1900, New Impression.

A beautiful and scarce embroidered silk and jewelled binding, with gilt thread, a floral design to the front board, and jewels to the decoration.

Fragile with the silk fraying and thread separating, nevertheless a beautiful handmade binding.

ix, [i], 244pp.

Approximately 4 ½ inches tall.

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – fair to good condition – gilt thread over silk, silk separating underneath the thread but holding.
• Joints – good condition – gilt thread, over silk.
• Corners – fair to good condition – some minor fraying, gilt thread.
• Boards – good condition – floral (a tulip) embroidered decoration to the front board with elaborate other decoration, 11 jewels (one missing) to the front board, rear board is silk and is fraying and separating, board edges are fraying and showing the cloth beneath.
• Page edges – good condition – red, slightly darkened.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition – sound.
• Paste downs – good condition – silk with fraying at the edges.
• End papers – good condition – brown paper.
• Title – good condition.
• Pages – good condition – some minor marks.
• Binding – good condition – fragile but beautiful.
• See photos.

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1900
Binding: Hardback

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