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Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of The King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including A Period of nearly Half a Century; with Original Anecdotes of Many Distinguished Persons, Political, Literary, and Musical: Second Edition (Complete in Two Volumes)
by Michael Kelly
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two volume set in original binding of brown leather over spine and corners, marbled paper covered boards. Gilt titles on leather title plates on spines with gilt embellishments. Some rubbing and wear to edges but remaining very neat, well preserved. Sprinkled red page edges. Hinges and text blocks tight, no inscriptions or book plates. Very light foxing sporadically. Portrait frontispiece to Volume I. Pages smooth and clean, appears seldom if ever handled. May incur additional postage charges overseas.
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- Bookseller
- David's Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033611
- Title
- Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of The King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including A Period of nearly Half a Century; with Original Anecdotes of Many Distinguished Persons, Political, Literary, and Musical: Second Edition (Complete in Two Volumes)
- Author
- Michael Kelly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
David's Bookshop
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
About David's Bookshop
Open since 1963, David's Bookshop & Music Shop are located in two linked shops in Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City, only a few minutes walk from Morrisons supermarket, the railway station and Letchworth Shopping Centre. There is ample parking nearby. As the world's first Garden City, Letchworth has much to offer visitors. We stock books and guides about Letchworth's past and present. At the Bookshop you will find a comprehensive range of fiction, non-fiction, text books, maps and best-sellers in stock. Travellers, walkers, computer users and local historians are especially well catered for. We can supply any book in print and there are always many titles on special offer. The book collector - or second-hand browser - can check out a growing selection of our 15,000 second-hand and antiquarian books available for purchase through the internet. If you have good quality books to sell - bring them in for a quick appraisal and a fair offer. You can rely upon our staff's advice who really know about books. Contact us online at www.davids-bookshops.co.uk.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...