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Castoniana: A Series of Essays on Life, Literature and Manners
by Lytton, Sir E. Bulwer
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864. Title page dated 1864. Worn but sound copy in light brown textured cloth with gilt spine lettering, 442 pages. Externally quite good because of brown cloth outer cover that was glued to the inside of the covers, with glue residue and other evidence of removal there, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a bit of transparent staining to the lower corners of the first few pages, East Weatogue School Library 1864 written on both front and rear free endpapers, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044877
- Title
- Castoniana: A Series of Essays on Life, Literature and Manners
- Author
- Lytton, Sir E. Bulwer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ESSAYS BRITISH AUTHORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Fair
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- 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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