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Our Village
by Mitford, Mary Russell
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1904. Octavo. 309pp., unopened. illustrated with 25 illustrations in color by C.E. Brock. Our Village(s) was originally issued in a series of five volumes at two-year intervals from 1824 to 1832 and became Mary Russell Mitford's most successful and celebrated achievement. Mitford was an only child and an invalid. Her father became a gambler and gambled all the money he made eventually using the money Mary made until his death in 1842, leaving behind nothing but debt for Mary. That was when life truly began for her. She started writing poetry, then on to writing drama. While she made a living for herself, she spent the rest of her life paying off father's debts until a carriage accident accelerated the ravages of rheumatism, she died January 10, 1855. A lovely copy bound by the publishers, E.P. Dutton in 3/4 blue crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, raised bands gilt, red floral onlays gilt, top edge gilt, the original green gilt decorated cloth covers bound in at the rear. No names or bookplates, just a hint of fading to spine. Very nice.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022577
- Title
- Our Village
- Author
- Mitford, Mary Russell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Villages Modern Antiques the First Primrose Hannah
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
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