"Ask Mamma;" or The Richest Commoner in England.
by Robert Smith Surtees
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Professionally rebound in half calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to boards, and five raised bands, gilt particulars, and two dark green skiver labels to spine. Original endpapers. Original hand-coloring to 13 hors texte plates, and 69 black and white plates throughout text. No previous owners' names or other markings. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7351
- Title
- "Ask Mamma;" or The Richest Commoner in England.
- Author
- Robert Smith Surtees
- Illustrator
- John Leech
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Pages
- xii, 412
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Literature; Fiction; Antiquarian; England;
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
Biblio member since 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
We are a brick & mortar store located between I95 and the Florida Turnpike. We focus on the visual aspects of books and the book as artifact. We have large Art and Graphic Art sections including haute couture magazines but also carry Architecture, Ancient & Classical History, Performing Arts and Books on Books & Antiques. We have a large selection of Antiquarian Books, Antique maps & Antique prints. Hours by chance or appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...