TONY BUTLER
by LEVER, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1865. LEVER, Charles. TONY BUTLER. In three volumes. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1865. First edition. Three 8vo. volumes, half bound by Stikeman in green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, with matching endpapers, raised bands and decoration at spinest, t.e.g. Sun to spine and edges, mild shelfwear to extremes. Light wear at one front joint, one front hinge tender. Original front cover and spine for Vol. 1 are bound-in at the end of that volume; green cloth, with gilt-stamped title to spine, and a small central ornament within a frame printed in black to cover. Very good. (Wolff 4106, Sadleir 1423).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63146
- Title
- TONY BUTLER
- Author
- LEVER, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1865
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Boston Book Company
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About the Seller
Boston Book Company
Biblio member since 2006
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
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