Winterslow: essays and characters written there. [Custom Quarter Morocco Box]
by HAZLITT, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Published by David Bogue, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Original brown cloth (with the catalog bound in), a VG+ copy (some fading to spine, wear to the yapped cloth edges, but not tatty). Bound by Bone & Son of Fleet Street, their tag on the back pastedown. Book is in a custom quarter morocco box (two piece -- in the old style), probably added in the 1920s -- black leather front piece and dark blue cloth sliding shell with chemise inside. Box is VG+, some staining to the cloth, minor wear, gold titles on the box very crisp and clear on the shelf. The book is held in a chemise that fits into the two-piece box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4156
- Title
- Winterslow: essays and characters written there. [Custom Quarter Morocco Box]
- Author
- HAZLITT, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Published by David Bogue
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
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