Plays written by Sir John Vanbrugh in two volumes [The Relapse, The Provok'd Wife, Esop, The Confederacy, The False Friend, The Mistake, A Journey in London, The Provok'd Husband].
by Sir John Vanbrugh:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: printed for J Tonson [etc], 1730. Complete in two hardback volumes. 12mo (16cm by 10cm), 303pp; 388pp. Contemporary binding of full brown calf, gilt titling to the spines. There is some rubbing and scuffing of the bindings, some foxing of the endpapers, and a bookplate and contemporary ownership inscription; overall, this set is in good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76157
- Title
- Plays written by Sir John Vanbrugh in two volumes [The Relapse, The Provok'd Wife, Esop, The Confederacy, The False Friend, The Mistake, A Journey in London, The Provok'd Husband].
- Author
- Sir John Vanbrugh:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: printed for J Tonson [etc], 1730.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...