[3 Miniature Series Titles]: Burns Birthday Book; a Burns Treasury; Lady of the Lake
by Burns, Robert, Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edinburgh: Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell. Fair. (c. 1890. Hardcover. Cloth frayed at spine ends; minor foxing mainly at prelims; moderate soil; lower portion of spine cloth repaired leaving two dents in spine from bands that were holding cloth. Gilt dull on the Birthday Book. ; Plaid cloth; leather spine labels lettered in gilt; illustrated (Lady of the Lake by Macwhirter). ; 48mo 3½" - 4" tall .
Details
- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11250
- Title
- [3 Miniature Series Titles]: Burns Birthday Book; a Burns Treasury; Lady of the Lake
- Author
- Burns, Robert, Sir Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- (c. 1890
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, MINIATURE, POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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About the Seller
G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
GRASS VALLEY, California
About G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....