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The Amateur Gentleman: A Romance
by Farnol, Jeffery
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sampson Low,. Hardback. xiv, 599pp. Illustrated by C. E. Brock. Illustrated blue cloth with very decorative gilt pattern to front with gilt titles and colour illustrated paste-down, and gilt decorations and titles to spine. Colour illustrated title page. Col. frontis and further colour plates throughout all with captioned paper guards. 230 by 170mm (9 by 6¾ inches). Slightly faded to spine. slightly rubbed to points. Decorated front board is particularly clean and bright and text is clean and plates are bright and crisp. Very good copy . Hardback. 1916.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20220
- Title
- The Amateur Gentleman: A Romance
- Author
- Farnol, Jeffery
- Illustrator
- C. E. Brock
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Jeffery Farnol,Regency romance,Historical fiction,Antiquarian,C. E. , Brock,Charles Brock,Boxing stories
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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