RHYMES ON THE ROAD, FABLES, ETC.
by Brown, Thomas (Thomas Moore)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1823. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. First Edition. 12mo (11 x 18cm). (Published by A. and W. Galignani, at the French, English, Italian, German and Spanish Library, No. 18, Rue Vivienne); pp. xii,135. Contemporary half polished tan calf with green title label and gilt decoration to the spine, brown markbed paper covered boards, binding very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, armorial bookplate of Thomas Stephen Coppinger Midleton to the front paste-down, no inscriptions. A very good tight copy. Bibliographical note: The text here is ordered differently from the London 1823 Fables for the Holy Alliance. There are also some omissions. Scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012919
- Title
- RHYMES ON THE ROAD, FABLES, ETC.
- Author
- Brown, Thomas (Thomas Moore)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. and W. Galignani
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- 12mo (11 x 18cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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