Readily marbled (“tree calf”), mottled, diced, colored, polished, tooled in gilt or blind, even scented (known as “russia”). Calf Binding material made from cowhide-versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain.Broadside Sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size (a folio being a broadside-size sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages).Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner.Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book. “Original boards” refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound. Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Near-fine condition, scarce in original cloth. Slight wear to spine ends, Volume II and V with expert reinforcement to text block. The seven "divisions" of this history were meant to be bound by the purchaser in two volumes this set includes appropriate title pages, engraved title pages, and directions for where to bind the plates, which have been bound into the front of each division. Seven volumes in publisher’s original cloth.Ī detailed history of this very complicated time in Anglo-Indian history, the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58, often described as India's First War of Independence. $2000.Įarly edition of Ball’s illustrated history of the Sepoy Mutiny, with two engraved title-pages, seven steel-engraved portraits, 71 steel-engraved views and battle scenes, and two double-page maps of India hand-colored in outline. Quarto, publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped red cloth. London: London Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1875. The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India. BALL’S HISTORY OF THE INDIAN MUTINY, ILLUSTRATED WITH BATTLE SCENES, PORTRAITS AND VIEWS OF INDIAīALL, Charles. The History Of The Indian Giving A Detailed Account Of The Sepoy Insurrection In India : And A Concise History Of The Great Military Events Which Have Tended To Consolidate British Empire In Hindostan Illustrated With Battle Scenes, Views Of Places, Portraits, And Maps. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, Or were introduced by the scanning process. that were either part of the original artifact, Such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. This book may have occasional imperfections This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
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