Love Among The Lions
by Anstey, F. [Guthrie, Thomas Anstey]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1898. vi, 119pp, [1], rebound in later half-morocco and marbled paper over boards, raised bands, spine in five panels, flower device to first and fifth panels, title to second, author to fourth, with repeated flower head pattern to larger third panel, date to foot, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed to extremities, internally lightly browned with occasional light foxing to margins and fore-edge of text block, but generally clean. Previous owner's book plate to front pastedown, title in red and black. Turner 23; Sadleir 47. First Edition. Half Morocco and Boards. Very Good. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001233
- Title
- Love Among The Lions
- Author
- Anstey, F. [Guthrie, Thomas Anstey]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Anstey
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on 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...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...