Davenport Dunn
by Charles Lever
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1872. Hardcover. Good. Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Later, generously illustrated edition of Lever's 1859 novel, a somewhat sympathetic portrayal of a working class con man's ascent through British society. With 44 b/w illustrations by Phiz. Full leather with gilt decoration to spine. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. Previous owner's clipping to ffep. Title label missing from spine. Some marking and scratching to leather, rubbing to edges. Occasional spotting within, otherwise clean and binding tight. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008130
- Title
- Davenport Dunn
- Author
- Charles Lever
- Illustrator
- Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- fiction, literature, leather_binding,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...