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Beauty and The Beast
by E V B (BOYLE, Eleanor Vere)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, [1875] 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++. 1st Deluxe Edition. 20.5 x 27 cm brown bevelled buckram with gilt stamped titles on orange and cream cartouche and four gilt and white roses in each of the four corners. All edges gilt [iv]57[3]pp with 10 full page chromolithographic illustrations each with a captioned paper guards. There is a some rubbing to the spine tips and corners and edges with minor loss of cloth on the corners and 0.5 cm loss at the head of the spine. There are small cracks on the edges of the spine with minor loss but the notoriously delicate spine is intact and the binding remains firm. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. There is toning/spotting to the verso of the front free endpaper and facing recto of the frontispiece although the image is not affected and the usual ghosting from the images on the facing captioned guards. However the book is generally very clean with just the occasional light mark and a couple of small areas of spotting. All in all this is an excellent 1st Edition example of this beautifully illustrated 19th Century version of Beauty and the Beast in lovely condition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202364
- Title
- Beauty and The Beast
- Author
- E V B (BOYLE, Eleanor Vere)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle
- Date Published
- [1875] 1875
- Keywords
- Folk/Fairy Tale|Illustrated|Chromolithographic|Women|Childrens
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Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Books remain the property of Rainford & Parris Books until payment is received in full. Rainford & Parris Books cannot be held responsible if an item is delayed during transit - any claims due to losses incurred due to delay will need to be made to the postal service / courier direct. Postage, packing and insurance are extra at cost. Courier services (3-5 days) may be used for multiple book orders or sets of books.
About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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