Bacon’s Essays and Colours of Good and Evil. With Notes and Glossarial Index
by Bacon, Francis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First edition thus. Small octavo. Preface by W. A. Wright. Full blue morocco by Riviere and Son, with elaborate gilt stamped grape and leaves design, a.e.g. Fine, fresh. 388 pages.
Printed by Richard Clay and Sons.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2222379
- Title
- Bacon’s Essays and Colours of Good and Evil. With Notes and Glossarial Index
- Author
- Bacon, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 388
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...