Click for full-size.
Happy-Thought Hall. Illustrated By the Author. IN RIVIERE BINDING.
by Burnand. F.C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 1872. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original full leather hardcover with original covers bound at rear by Riviere & son with their stamp,spine heavily decorated in gilt with five raised bands,original leather spine label lettered in gilt,board edges ruled in gilt with gilt decorated inner dentelles,illustrated throughout,227 pages,contemporary bookplate,some internal foxing,SADLY UPPER COVER DETACHED,hence very good only.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101665
- Title
- Happy-Thought Hall. Illustrated By the Author. IN RIVIERE BINDING.
- Author
- Burnand. F.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury, Evans, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- Riviere.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Fine Bindings;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
All books sold as complete unless stated otherwise. Books may be returned within two weeks if not as described. We post three times a week using Royal Mail. Tracking is not available unless requested and will be at considerable extra cost.
About the Seller
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
Biblio member since 2003
Carmarthenshire
About Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
Established booksellers with approx 22,000 general books in stock. View by appointment only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting History of the Circus in America
Step right up! Take a look at the center ring, where you will see displayed the most amazing, most colorful series of history books that the world has ever seen! Right this way, folks…
Positive Representation Matters
Books transmit cultural values and can shape the views of society. Learn more about the history of American literature in Collecting Children’s Literature by Writers and Educators of the Harlem Renaissance.
