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Four Portraits Studies of the Eighteenth Century
by QUENNELL, Peter
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Revised 1965 edition, in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. 254. Black and white illustrations. The author's examinations of James Boswell, Edward Gibbon, Laurence Sterne, and John Wilkes. Just light shelf wear at spine ends and board tips and a touch of fading to the cloth at lower edge of front panel and upper edge of rear panel. Dust jacket likewise, with light chipping and erosion at spine ends and flap fold points. Jacket now in removable sheet of Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3774
- Title
- Four Portraits Studies of the Eighteenth Century
- Author
- QUENNELL, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Collins, [1965]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Reference; Literary Criticism;
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T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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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...
- Brodart
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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....
- Shelf Wear
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