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The Alhambra
by [IRVING, Washington] Crayon, Geoffrey
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Two volumes in half green calf and brown marbled paper, titled on black leather spine labels; plain endpapers; [viii],312pp; [ii],[296],[4]pp; 4pp publisher's advertisements at rear of vol. II. Nineteenth-century bookplate of W. Weatherhead, Castlegate, to front pastedowns. Sound and straight, spines dulled, boards rubbed, with scattered minor foxing: around Very Good.
A collection of essays and tales inspired by Irving's 1828 visit to Spain. According to Blanck, the UK edition preceded the first American edition by a few months. BAL 10135. See LANGFELD p.32.
A collection of essays and tales inspired by Irving's 1828 visit to Spain. According to Blanck, the UK edition preceded the first American edition by a few months. BAL 10135. See LANGFELD p.32.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58926
- Title
- The Alhambra
- Author
- [IRVING, Washington] Crayon, Geoffrey
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1832
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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....
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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