JACK HINTON, THE GUARDSMAN
by LEVER, CHARLES
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
Dublin: William Curry, 1844. Book. Illus. by BROWNE, H.K. (Phiz). Fair. Quarter Leather. xii + 396pp; Front internal hinge cracked and loose and frontispiece of Charles Lever portrait heavily spotted; Head and tail of spine and corners bumped else a bright and sound copy with 26 illustrations and 9 wood-engravings by BROWNE, H.K. (PHIZ); Bookplate to front pastedown and 5 raised bands in green morrocco; Size: 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004891
- Title
- JACK HINTON, THE GUARDSMAN
- Author
- LEVER, CHARLES
- Illustrator
- BROWNE, H.K. (Phiz)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Publisher
- William Curry
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1844
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
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Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....