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Mordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, and Manners, in Various Countries; including the Memoirs of a French Lady of Quality. Three Volumes
by Moore, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1800. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Three volumes. Octavos. [2], ii, 403pp; [2], ii, 408pp; [2], ii, 460pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards, gilt spines, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Engraved armorial bookplate of Charles Wyndham on each pastedown. (in vols. 1 and 3, the name only is crossed out in ink). Boards are rubbed, joints and corners are worn with some chipping at the head and tail of the spines, endpapers moderately toned and foxed, else very good overall with some occasional light foxing. The fore-edge of two leaves in vol. 3 are partly untrimmed. The first edition of John Moore's final novel, published when he was seventy-one. A sound set, most likely from the library of Charles Wyndham (1796-1866), the fifth son of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, and Member of Parliament for West Sussex from 1841 to 1847. *ESTC* T57357.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 559642
- Title
- Mordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, and Manners, in Various Countries; including the Memoirs of a French Lady of Quality. Three Volumes
- Author
- Moore, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1800
- Keywords
- Bindings, EnglishLiterature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Bookplate
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- Calf
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- Fair
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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...
- G
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- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
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