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Old "Miscellany" Days - A Selection Of Stories From 'Benley's Miscellany'
by Various Authors
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley And Son, 1885. Book. Illus. by Cruikshank George. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated. Sympathetically Rebound With Original End Papers And Board Cloths Over New Hard Boards With Beige Cloth Spine And Gold Gilt Titles. Original Cruikshank Design On Front Faded. No Visible Wear To The New Boards But Board Cloths Are Worn On Corners And Edges. Some Internal Wear To Internal Pages. Book Is Covered In A Hand Made Jacket Of Brown Cloth Inlaid With Felt - Has Black Square Stickers On Spine With Gold Gilt Titles Thereon.- No Wear. All Contained With Slip Case Made Of Brown Cloth With Entry Lined With Brown Leather. A Really Nice Copy. A Heavy Book Additional Postage Will Be Requested For Overseas Delivery..
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Details
- Bookseller
- M and P Books PBFA member
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008007
- Title
- Old "Miscellany" Days - A Selection Of Stories From 'Benley's Miscellany'
- Author
- Various Authors
- Illustrator
- Cruikshank George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley And Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Literature Art Cruikshank
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Literature and Prose;
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About the Seller
M and P Books PBFA member
Biblio member since 2010
Buxton, Derbyshire
About M and P Books PBFA member
Trader dealing on internet and at local Bookfairs in the North West/Norh East and Midlands area of the U.K. General stock of 1300 internet listings. Please note that we do not receive personal callers at Mansfield without prior appointment.
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- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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