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An American Edition of The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, from The Boke of St. Albans, By Dame Juliana Berners, A.D. 1496.
by Berners, Dame Juliana; edited by Geo. W. Van Siclen
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Jas. L. Black. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1875. Hardcover. 5mm missing to cloth at head and tail of spine. Board rubbed. Quite heavy rubbing to lower edges of boards.; First American edition of a title originally published in England in 1496 by Wynkyn de Worde, when it was added to de Worde's 1496 edition of the Boke of St. Albans. [2 (blank)], 118, [2 (blank)] pages. Brown pebble grain cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board. Black border to front board. Page dimensions: 173 x 131mm. All page edges dyed red. Yellow endpapers. With a 7 page Preface to the American Edition. Illustrations on pages [28 (frontispiece)], 50, 55, 58, 59, 60. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22121
- Title
- An American Edition of The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, from The Boke of St. Albans, By Dame Juliana Berners, A.D. 1496.
- Author
- Berners, Dame Juliana; edited by Geo. W. Van Siclen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Jas. L. Black
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1875
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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