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BACON IS SHAKE-SPEARE ... with a reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies
by Durning-Lawrence, Edwin f4b
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG book, no DJ. FAE. TEG. FINE contents. Gilt lettered red cloth
- Seller
-
Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: John McBride. VG book, no DJ. FAE. TEG. FINE contents. Gilt lettered red cloth. 1910. 1st Am ed. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. 8vo, xiv,286pp. Bright & tight. BUT: spine gilt blackened & spine ends worn. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001910
- Title
- BACON IS SHAKE-SPEARE ... with a reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies
- Author
- Durning-Lawrence, Edwin f4b
- Illustrator
- 63 plates.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book, no DJ. FAE. TEG. FINE contents. Gilt lettered red cloth
- Edition
- 1st Am ed
- Publisher
- John McBride
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- VG book, no DJ. 8vo, xiv,286pp. Bright & tight. BUT: spine gilt, blackened & spine ends worn., bf
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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