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THE HOME AFFECTIONS POURTRAYED BY THE POETS.: 100 (half- or whole-page) engravings, drawn by eminent artists, and engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
by MacKay, Charles [ed]:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Plastic./None
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
London.: Routledge., 1866. Ffep has signatures of L..... A Williams and Andrew K P Armstrong, removable on request. Silk p marker is NEW. 3 sheets have been dinged on fore-edge over max 3mm. Intermittant foxing. Both front and rear covers have a quadrant of a circle of radius 110mm, stained rather darker than the rest.... probably oil stains but have proved impossible to remove. Remains a superb copy of a book seldom seen in any presentable shape in the original very ornate and attractive binding. All edges gilt; 5 raised bands; gold title on spine with ornate gold decorations on spine, front and rear and inside edges. In fact anything that could be gilded, was. (All bright and untarnished). 388pp; 100 b&w engravings. Please expect extra postage.. Second Edition. Hard Cover Tan Morocco.. Very Good in Plastic./None. 234x37p4mm.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKLOVERS PARADISE
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006218
- Title
- THE HOME AFFECTIONS POURTRAYED BY THE POETS.
- Author
- MacKay, Charles [ed]:
- Illustrator
- Dalziel Brothers
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Plastic.
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1866
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Anthology, Art, Burns, Cook, Meredith, Poe, Wordsworth, Watts, Bell Scott, Tennyson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 234x37p4mm
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You will find the LOCATION of our Bookstore on Google. ALL our books are thoroughly cleaned. All books with dust jackets/ wraps are completely covered in 50 or 75 micron High Density PolyEthylene (= "plastic" = archival acetate film), as are books without dust jackets costing more than US$20. Soft-covers and hard-covers without Dj s are covered in adhesive plastic. While we have neither insects nor dampness in our shop, you might find that the total plastic cover keeps both at bay. Covering the whole book means that the common edge-wear described by so many dealers is mostly absent in our books. Any "plastic" is easily removable, it is not adhered to the book nor to the dust jacket. We do not use sellotape nor any other tape which discolours. We restore books where necessary and describe ONLY EXCEPTIONS to a perfect state. Faults in expensive books are described in huge detail. WHEN RESTORED the majority of "faults'' are visible only with great difficulty and certainly NOT in an image. To avoid misleading you we include few images. Please be guided by the very full descriptions. If no faults are described in a cheaper book, please be guided by the Condition. RESTORATION SERVICE. We restore any book younger than 1800 making your grotty, broken old books look like beautifully-cared-for precious old books. DUST JACKETS IN FACSIMILE. We provide colour copies of any DJ in our stock. Please ask for quotes, images & descriptions. We pride ourselves that THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL BOOKSH0P:- THE CROSSROADS OF CIVILIZATIONS PAST; REFUGE OF ALL THE ARTS AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF TIME; AN ARMOURY OF FEARLESS TRUTH AGAINST WHISPERING RUMOUR; INCESSANT TRIUMPH OF THE RIGHT-TO-KNOW.
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