Fables
by GAY, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson [et al], 1757.. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. (xviii), 194, (2), 197-334 pp. Contemporary full calf recently rebacked, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label. Frontispiece, title vignette, and 67 half page copper engravings by Van der Gucht in the text. Some wear to the boards, foxing to the frontispiece and title, just mildly and occasionally elsewhere, very good overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44407
- Title
- Fables
- Author
- GAY, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson [et al]
- Date Published
- 1757.
- Keywords
- Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bow Windows Bookshop
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...