PENCILLINGS BY THE WAY.
by Willis, N. P
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
London: John Macrone Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1835, three volumes, pages xi, 340; 368; 258, xx, index. Three quarter leather and marbled boards, raised bands and gilt embossing. Hinges are tight, volumes one and three are dampstained (how volume two escaped is a mystery) primarily at the fore-edges and extending to many pages, although not affecting text, the marbled boards are worn at the edges and a small section is missing from the lower corner of volume three, still a handsome set. BAL 22737. The author's reminiscences of residency and travel, primarily in Europe. Three volumes; requires additional shipping charges..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Legacy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08880
- Title
- PENCILLINGS BY THE WAY.
- Author
- Willis, N. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Macrone
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- TRAVEL EUROPE
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Legacy Books
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About the Seller
Legacy Books
Biblio member since 2006
Louisville, Kentucky
About Legacy Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...