SIX VANBRUGH PAPERS
by C, H. S. et al
- Used
- Signed
- first
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1895. SIX VANBRUGH PAPERS. Read Before the Vanbrugh Literary Society, Blackheath. London, Charles J. Clark, 1895. Octavo. [viii]168pp. First edition. The essays are: Conversation; Quintilian and Ideal Journalism; Quotation as a Mode of Thought; Memory; Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury; and Personal Superiority and its Antidotes. "The writers of the following papers are unable, however usual and becoming such a course might seem, to offer an apology for printing them." The writers are identified only by their initials. Two of them (HSC and TWH) have inscribed the flyleaf. Some faint smudges to vellum boards, with title and contents in gilt, else fine. (Not in OCLC).
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76356
- Title
- SIX VANBRUGH PAPERS
- Author
- C, H. S. et al
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1895
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Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Helen Kelly
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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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...
- 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...
- Vellum
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...