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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY
by Herbert, Edward, Lord of Cherbury
- Used
- Condition
- Inscription on flyleaf and small mounted paper arms on the paste-down. Contents absolutely fresh and clean. The covers are poor,
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1978. No. 273 of 300 copies. Inscription on flyleaf and small mounted paper arms on the paste-down. Contents absolutely fresh and clean. The covers are poor, faded and rubbed with bubbling. No. 273 of 300 copies. Folio. xv (iii), 94p, colophon. Introduction by C.H.Herford. Illustrated by H. W. Bray with nine rather large and amazingly detailed and vivid wood engravings. Wood engraved shield on the title page hand colored in blue, red and grey and a large opening wood engraved initial in red. Bound in brown buckram with Herbert arms blocked in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g. Harrop 10.
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- First Folio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22349
- Title
- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY
- Author
- Herbert, Edward, Lord of Cherbury
- Book Condition
- Used - Inscription on flyleaf and small mounted paper arms on the paste-down. Contents absolutely fresh and clean. The covers are poor,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No. 273 of 300 copies
- Publisher
- Gregynog Press
- Place of Publication
- Montgomeryshire
- Date Published
- 1978
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Poor
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
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