Days Of The Dandies
by Boaden, James; Burney, Fanny; Cibber, Colley; Woffington, Peg; Fitzgerald, Percy; Gronow, Captain; Molloy, J. Fitzgerald; Montague, Mary Wortley; Goldsmith, Oliver; Walpole, B.C
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. 15 Vols
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About This Item
London: Grolier Society, Nd. Edition Definitive. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. 15 Vols. 23 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 5 of 50 for L. Dean Holder and noted as "Edition Definitive" (Printed for the members of the Union Club Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. 1902). Bookplates of Virginia Hawley Holden descendent of the Harriet Beecher Stow family. A series of entertaining biographies for the literary tastes of the time. Frontispieces hand-colored colored with captioned tissue guards in each volume. Wide text margins, interior clean, fresh and perhaps never read. Raised bands decorated in gilt, floral designs surrounded by lacy arabesques.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23261
- Title
- Days Of The Dandies
- Author
- Boaden, James; Burney, Fanny; Cibber, Colley; Woffington, Peg; Fitzgerald, Percy; Gronow, Captain; Molloy, J. Fitzgerald; Montague, Mary Wortley; Goldsmith, Oliver; Walpole, B.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. 15 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Definitive
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Nd
- Keywords
- Book Arts
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- Social Life;
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled boards
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...