Altiora Peto [volume 1].
by Laurence Oliphant:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and sons, 1883. First edition, volume 1 (of 2) only. 8vo, [v], 286pp. Engraved frontispiece and extra title. Original decorated brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt design to the front board. Endpapers heavily browned, binding slightly cocked, contents good to very good. Overall, this copy is in good condition. The first volume of a double-decker set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21900
- Title
- Altiora Peto [volume 1].
- Author
- Laurence Oliphant:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and sons, 1883.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
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Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Cloth
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