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Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance
by Thomas Moore, Esq
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird, 1853. Fourth American edition. An Asian romance published originally in 1817. Lalla Rookh is the daughter of the 18th century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, her story unfolds in four narrative poems, connected by text. 1853 gift inscription on the ffep.
8vo, 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards, marble eps, tissue guarded steel engraved illustrations throughout by E. Corbould. Marbled edges and end papers. Half brown calf binding with different marbled paper, possibly rebound. Spine in six compartments, black title labels and small embossed decoration. Slt. rubbed at edges; internally clean, binding tight.
8vo, 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards, marble eps, tissue guarded steel engraved illustrations throughout by E. Corbould. Marbled edges and end papers. Half brown calf binding with different marbled paper, possibly rebound. Spine in six compartments, black title labels and small embossed decoration. Slt. rubbed at edges; internally clean, binding tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26754
- Title
- Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance
- Author
- Thomas Moore, Esq
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry C. Baird
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1853
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- SL.
- slight
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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