The Life of Friedrich Schiller, Comprehending an Examination of His Works
by Thomas Carlyle
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Half bound hard-grain morocco leather over Turkish Spot marbled paper on boards; five raised bands on spine; panels blind stamped with quatrefoils and gilt stamped with title; all edges reddish-brown sprinkled; rose-brown end papers. Clean covers and spine; very slightly rubbed at spine end corners and cover fore corners; board just exposed at front cover top fore corner; some scraping and scratches on marbled paper at cover centers; tightly bound; contemporary ink signature on title page; occasional foxing interior and several pages age darkened at fore edges; all leaves remain supple. From the 2nd London edition. 12mo, 280 pp.
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M00476
- Title
- The Life of Friedrich Schiller, Comprehending an Examination of His Works
- Author
- Thomas Carlyle
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- SCHILLER, GERMANY, GOETHE, WEIMAR, WURTTEMBERG
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Glossary
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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