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English Farming and Why I Turned It Up
by Bramah, Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: The Leadenhall Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. KB19...vi, 181, 16 (ads) , sheet ad for Stickphast Paste. Grey/blue cloth over thin boards with black ruling, gilt and decoration, flat spine. Covers have some normal shelf wear, some rubbing at the corners, spine is sunned. Interior paper a little browned, some cracking at the title gutter but otherwise clean and unmarked. The author wrote on the supernatural, detectives and other entertaining subjects. In this early work, he turns to the English countryside. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 181 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9588
- Title
- English Farming and Why I Turned It Up
- Author
- Bramah, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Leadenhall Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- FARMING, English Countryside, Bramah
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Cozy;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Shelf Wear
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- Sunned
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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...
- 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...
- Spine
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