The Crown of Success, or Four Heads to Furnish: A Tale
by A.L.O.E
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1863. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. True first edition. Original blue cloth with stamped and gilt decorations to front board and to spine. Black and white frontispiece and plates throughout. Cloth rubbed, with some fade to spine, wear to cloth at outer corners and to head and heel of spine panel. Outer page edges soiled, some soiling to pages occasionally. Signatures started, but binding is reasonably sound. A gift inscription from the year 1868 to the front endpage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20168
- Title
- The Crown of Success, or Four Heads to Furnish: A Tale
- Author
- A.L.O.E
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- A.L.O.E.
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...