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A Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Autograph Letters, Historical Documents, and Authors' Manuscripts: Part II, M-Z
by Pearson, J., & Co
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Pearson & Co.: Chiswick Press: Printed by Charles Whittingham and Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane 164 pp. Items 390-722. Circa 1900-1910. Pieces missing from edges of wraps, two pieces of petrified rubber band on rear wrap, with accompanying small holes in wraps. Inside fine, with but a one-inch light crease near spine extending through text block. Fine laid paper watermarked Chiswick Press, with the Lion, Dolphin, and anchor device. A fine impression. Not located in OCLC. Scarce. Foldout plate (10.5 X 7.5 inches): Tasso, an orignal Sonnet in the autograph of Tasso; Foldout plate (10.5 X 12.75 inches): Manuscript page of Trollope's America; Seven pages of description of Tackeray's ms. used for his Lectures on George the First and Lectures on George the Second; descriptions of four ALSs of Wordsworth; Newton, William Pitt, William Penn, Alexander Pope, and more.. Wraps. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Veery Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000745
- Title
- A Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Autograph Letters, Historical Documents, and Authors' Manuscripts: Part II, M-Z
- Author
- Pearson, J., & Co
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- J. Pearson & Co.: Chiswick Press: Printed by Charles Whittingham and Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalog, collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bookseller Catalog;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Veery Books
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Lake Huntington, New York
About Veery Books
Veery Books' specialties: (1) Music scores (Symphonic, Chamber, Choral, and Solo repertoire, Full conductor's scores and study scores and parts throughout the range of classical music, including rare or first editions), bibliographies, histories, biographies, auction catalogs, literature and ephemera related to classical music and classical composers and musicians. (2) American popular music from the early 19th century to the 1940s. (3) Poetry and literature with emphasis on American poetry and fiction. (4) Rare and unusual American imprints from the 19th century. (5) Bibliographies, Bookseller's catalogs, Auction catalogs for books, manuscripts, ephemera, prints, and art. Veery Books strives to provide accurate bibliographic and condition descriptions including photographs for each offering and where possible to offer quotations or unusual facts about the offering. Veery Books will be happy to assist you in your book search and welcomes inquiries regarding thousands of yet uncatalogued musical scores, bookseller's and auction catalogs.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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