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THE WORKS OF HANNAH MORE NEW EDITION AND MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MRS. HANNAH MORE
by More, Hannah and Roberts, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1830. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo. A new edition with a portrait frontispiece in eleven volumes plus four volumes of her memoirs by William Roberts bound as one uniform set. Fine half leather, crushed Morocco bindings by Morley of Oxford in mid tan and contrasting marble paper covered boards, gilt stamped gibbs armorial devices on the front and rear boards, 4 raised bands, gilt ruled compartments, gilt titling to spine, very good with very little wear, joints firm. Contents clean and tight, matching marble endpapers, bright gilt to top of page edges, private armorial book plate of Henry Martin Gibbs (High Sheriff of Somerset) of Burrow Court Somerset, very small stamp to front blank from Somerset record office, no inscriptions, a little foxing to the first and last few pages of most volumes. A very good clean uniform set of this classic work in fine bindings. [Note: Henry Martin Gibbs 1850 - 1928 was the son of William Gibbs, of Tyntesfield, Somerset now owned by the N.T.].
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033044
- Title
- THE WORKS OF HANNAH MORE NEW EDITION AND MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MRS. HANNAH MORE
- Author
- More, Hannah and Roberts, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - World; Featured Books; Bindings - Fine;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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