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The Best of all Good Company: A Series Of Daily Companions For The Pocket And The Pormanteau; Ashore And Afloat; In Town And Out Of Town; At Home And Abroad; Part I. A Day With Charles Dickens
by Jerrold, Blanchard (Editor)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Full crushed red morocco. Fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: The Useful Knowledge Company, 1871. First edition. leather_bound. Full crushed red morocco. Fine. 62 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Original yellow wrappers in fine condition bound-in, with Knife and Fork Advertisement,[devoted to the art of eating healthily] and sample of Dicken's handwriting. Bound by Birdsall, raised bands, spine richly gilt, triple gilt cover border fillets frame center panel with gilt florets at four corners, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, bookplate, front cover rehinged. Interior contents very fresh and clean.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20328
- Title
- The Best of all Good Company: A Series Of Daily Companions For The Pocket And The Pormanteau; Ashore And Afloat; In Town And Out Of Town; At Home And Abroad; Part I. A Day With Charles Dickens
- Author
- Jerrold, Blanchard (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Full crushed red morocco. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Useful Knowledge Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Victorian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Monographs; Biography;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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