The Salamandrine
by Charles Mackay
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Cotuit, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Ingram, Cooke, and CO.. Very Good. 1853. First Illustrated Edition. First published London 1842 as a 12mo. This is the first illustrated edition. Drawn by John Gilbert, engraved by the brothers Dalziel. 7x10. Full calf worn and darkened edges. Covers with gilt double rules plus thinly blind stamped. Edges with milimeter gilt bars. All edges red. Marbled enpapers. 46 illus . All lightly fox within. Tight copy. Poetry. ; 140 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Isaiah Thomas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11464
- Title
- The Salamandrine
- Author
- Charles Mackay
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- Ingram, Cooke, and CO.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Isaiah Thomas Books
Biblio member since -1
Cotuit, Massachusetts
About Isaiah Thomas Books
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers. "One of the finest in N.E. (&) the premier used book shop on Cape Cod" - Used Book Lovers Guide. We have about 70,000 booksv Located half way between Falmouth and Hyannis, we are named in honor of the famous colonial era printer and philantrophist, founder (1812) of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, where we in 1969. There we were stewards and renewers of a decorative Queen Anne Victorian. On Cape Cod since 1969, we take care of the newest (1860) Crocker family home in Barnstable's village of Cotuit: a tall peaked Italianate now painted pink and four other colors. The owner's training has included work in four libraries and apprenticeship with the Irving Ephraim (1908) - 1989) who began his own career during the depression. Assistants have always known the meaning of "book person." Remembering with fondness Mr. E. and the enormous influence of our home town librarians, we try to continue their tradition of service. Open Tues. - Sat. 10 - 5, Sun. 12 - 5. Open Monday in the summer.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...