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Lorna Doone
by Blackmore, R. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. c. 1900. First Edition. 1. Full-Leather. Publisher's full flexible burgundy leather, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, author's facsimile signature, gilt, on cover, purple endpapers, t.e.g. nd (c. 1900). Illustrated with full-page B&W drawings by "L. D." and photographs by F. Frith & Co. . Leather moderately worn along edges, and at head and heel of spine, text block unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD. . Drawings and Photographs. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 640 pp .
Synopsis
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10210
- Title
- Lorna Doone
- Author
- Blackmore, R. D
- Illustrator
- L. D.
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- c. 1900
- Keywords
- Literature;, Scotland, Romance, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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