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So much of the diary of Lady Willoughby as relates to her domestic history, & to the eventful period of the reign of Charles the First
by Rathbone, Hannah Mary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1846. Fourth edition. Twelvemo. 220 pp; illustrated with coat of arms. Blind-stamped full leather with four raised bands on spine with five blind-stamped ornament device or gilt-stamped lettering; beveled edges, white inlay lettered panels to boards on which is hand-printed the title (front) and dates of the diary entries: 1635-1648 (rear); all edges gilt gauffered in checkerboard pattern; marbled endpapers. VG, front joint moderately worn, rear joint less so; corners & spine ends lightly rubbed; paper insets are soiled and lightly worn. The present work is a fiction in the guise of an historical document. First published anonymously in 1844; a second and a third edition followed in 1845, and a New York edition in the same year.. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012231
- Title
- So much of the diary of Lady Willoughby as relates to her domestic history, & to the eventful period of the reign of Charles the First
- Author
- Rathbone, Hannah Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- British 19th Century Fiction 17th C. Diary Chiswick Press Caslon Font
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century; Fiction;
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- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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