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HALF-HOURS WITH THE BEST AUTHORS Including Biographical and Critical Notices in 4 Volumes
by KNIGHT Charles
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dulverton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frederick Warne, 1893. New edn. 8vo (7½ x 5 ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, raised-ribbed spines elaborately gilt tooled with contrasting labels, matching marbled edges and endpapers (lightly scuffed at extrems with small mark at tail of spine of vol I - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various (armorial bookplate of James Lovett on front paste-downs; no inscriptions).
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- Bookseller
- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163052
- Title
- HALF-HOURS WITH THE BEST AUTHORS Including Biographical and Critical Notices in 4 Volumes
- Author
- KNIGHT Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne, 1893
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
Returns accepted subject to prior notice.
About the Seller
Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
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Dulverton
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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...
- Spine
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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