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The Book-Hunter
by Burton, John Hill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh & London; William Blackwood and Sons, 1882., 1882. Hard Cover. New Edition. Number 916 of 1000 copies. ASSOCIATION COPY. Large octavo. civ, 427 pp, [1]. 5 illustrations including 2 full-page plates: frontispiece engraving by W B Hole with facsimile of the Author's signature and colour plate of "A Nook in the Author's library". Book Condition: Good. Publishers' blue buckram with gilt titles and ruling to spine and gilt crest to upper board. Edges uncut. Limitation plate to front pastedown. Cloth worn with minor loss at corners and head/tail of spine. Inner front hinge split with stains from adhesive tape removal and inner rear hinge still covered with cream adhesive tape. Scattered foxing mainly to endpapers. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown dated 1900 and signature of author S R Crockett in ink to ffep. Ghost marks from pencilled address to ffep. Essays on book collecting and the characters and literature associated with it, originally published in Blackwood's magazine. From the library of Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1859-1914), the popular and prolific Scottish novelist.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4647
- Title
- The Book-Hunter
- Author
- Burton, John Hill
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh & London; William Blackwood and Sons, 1882.
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Antiques & Collecting
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
Biblio member since 2019
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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