Handy Andy
by Lover, Samuel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, Limited, 1893. Samuel Lover (1797-1868) was multi-talented; this is probably his best-known novel, first published in 1841. This is a ldecorative Victorian edition without a publication date. Quercus speculates that it dates from 1890-95. Red cloth binding, beveled, with a gilt decoration and titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 338 pages, with numerous black-and-white illustrations. Top-edge is gilt. The illustrator is not named, but it is Henry Matthew Brock (1875-1960) whose long career as an illustrator also included work for the D-Oyly Carte Opera Company, and even for comic books! Mild rubbing, spine darkened, and three light spots on the front cover.. Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Seller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005226
- Title
- Handy Andy
- Author
- Lover, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Bowden, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...