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DER SEERA¨UBERKO¨NIG EIN HISTORISCH- ROMANTISCHES SCHAUSPIEL IN 5 AKTEN
by Bornschein, Johann Ernst Daniel
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About This Item
Regensburg: Montag und Weiss, 1803.. 124pp. Narrow small octavo (18 x 9.5 cm.) Contemporary unprinted drab yellow wrapper, edges largely untrimmed and unopened. Wrapper somewhat chipped and soiled, soiling to fore-margin of title, narrow splits up the spine panel, pale tidemark affects the lower margins of about 60% of the text block, but a near good, sound copy. First edition of a mid-career drama by the German novelist and playwright. Bornschein wrote for a popular audience and is noted for having employed the theme of piracy as the basis for several of his works. The title of this work translates as THE PIRATE KING. OCLC/Worldcat reports two locations only: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and Universitate Leipzig. OCLC: 249018274.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88346
- Title
- DER SEERA¨UBERKO¨NIG EIN HISTORISCH- ROMANTISCHES SCHAUSPIEL IN 5 AKTEN
- Author
- Bornschein, Johann Ernst Daniel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Montag und Weiss
- Place of Publication
- Regensburg
- Date Published
- 1803.
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William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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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