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The Hundred Merry Tales: or Shakespeare's Jest Book
by SHAKESPEARE, William
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chidley, 1831. hardcover. near fine. 106 pages, slim 12mo, rebound in 3/4 burgundy calf, gilt spine and green leather spine label, t.e.g. London: J. Chidley, 1831. Scarce. Near Fine.<br/> <br/>
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 274935
- Title
- The Hundred Merry Tales: or Shakespeare's Jest Book
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chidley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1831
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
About Argosy Book Store
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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 Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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