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Passages from the Diary of Samuel Pepys
by PEPYS, SAMUEL; RICHARD LE GALLIENNE (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good in like dust jacket. John Koenig Jr's attractive Dr. Johnson bookplate ('Sir, a desire of knowledge is the natural fee
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 1934. Early Modern Library Printing. Hardcover. Very good in like dust jacket. John Koenig Jr's attractive Dr. Johnson bookplate ('Sir, a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind.') to front pastedown; 1935 note in ink to front flyleaf; some offsetting to pp. 15 and 89. Gutter cracked at rear, in the midst of advertisements. Jacket heavily toned at spine panel, with light edgewear and a touch of soiling. Binding square and otherwise sound. Text otherwise unmarked.. 16mo. 4.375 x 6.625 in. xvi, 330 pp. + adverts. Toledano Binding Style No. 7 in chocolate brown balloon cloth, Kent torchbearer device in gilt to upper cover, titled in gilt on spine; orange Kent endpapers; publisher's orange-banded typographic dust jacket, with 225 titles advertised on verso.
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- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1354
- Title
- Passages from the Diary of Samuel Pepys
- Author
- PEPYS, SAMUEL; RICHARD LE GALLIENNE (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in like dust jacket. John Koenig Jr's attractive Dr. Johnson bookplate ('Sir, a desire of knowledge is the natural fee
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Modern Library Printing
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
Terms of Sale
Irving Book Company
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About the Seller
Irving Book Company
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Asheville, North Carolina
About Irving Book Company
Classical, Catholic, Southern, Photographic, Poetic, Scholarly, and early Modern Library Editions, &c.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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