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The Essays Of Elia - Garth Jones Illustrations
by Charles Lamb
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Methuen London, 1902 Superb and vigorous illustrations by Garth Jones, in vignette and full page examples, decorate this attractive first printing of what is a first edition thus. The text block is gilt at the top trimmed edge, but the other two edges are ragged. The two colour title page has a frontispiece with plate mark. This is the most inviting way in to these various works, some of them wise and others wise and witty. An attractive green buckram with gilt design on the front and the spine. Corners are nice and square, the text block is firm. This is the best copy of this attractive issue I have seen, and great copies like this are RARE. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-4733451415
- Title
- The Essays Of Elia - Garth Jones Illustrations
- Author
- Charles Lamb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Methuen London
- Date Published
- 1902
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Lewes, East Sussex
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Modern First Editions, signed where possible, adult and young adult, illustrated books, Antiquarian. And, apart from the book selling, I am a writer and painter. Look at my stuff online at peterkettle.com and buy my prize winning novel, The Driftwood Giraffe on kindle.
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- Buckram
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- Plate
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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