AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS
by CARTER, JOHN & GRAHAM POLLARD
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Constable, 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [vi]vii-xii [2]3-400. FIRST EDITION. Red cloth covered boards, gilt lettered stamped on the spine. Very good without the dust jacket. The boards have moderate wear to the corners, spotting along the edges, and light colour loss to the spine. The top edge stain is faded and soiled. Lacks the dust jacket. A classic investigation into an infamous literary fraud.
An investigation by the author into a collection of fraudulent documents.
An investigation by the author into a collection of fraudulent documents.
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- Bookseller
- MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004794
- Title
- AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS
- Author
- CARTER, JOHN & GRAHAM POLLARD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.57 lbs
- Keywords
- Literary Fraud, Fraudulent Pamphlets, Alfred Tennyson, Plays, Literary Forgeries, Fake First Editions, Nineteenth Century Authors, Thomas J. Wise, Bibliography, Literary, General
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MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
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Uxbridge, Ontario
About MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
I'm an sole proprietor of Maple Ridge Books. I've been selling books for some 22 years. Although my stock is small in numbers, I am very careful to offer books in the best condition possible. I try to keep shipping costs reasonable, which is not easy these days. I am more than willing to send additional photos of books, or provide more details.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Edges
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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