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The Book of Ballads Edited By Bon Gaultier and Illustrated By Doyle, Leech and Crowquill
by Bon Gaultier (William E. Aytoun and Sir Theodore Martin)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
EdinburghEdinburgh: Blackwood, 1877 Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 18th edition, embossed and gilt-decorated blue original cloth worn at spine ends and corners but otherwise fresh, inner hinge cracking, all edges gilt, a few brown spots but text nice and fresh, owner's blind stamps on title page. Attractive copy of this book of Victorian parodies and humorous verse..
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- Bookseller
- Glenbower Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19556
- Title
- The Book of Ballads Edited By Bon Gaultier and Illustrated By Doyle, Leech and Crowquill
- Author
- Bon Gaultier (William E. Aytoun and Sir Theodore Martin)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- EdinburghEdinburgh: Blackwood, 1877
- Keywords
- HUMOUR, POETRY, PARODY, VERSE, LITERATURE, ARTS ETC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature, Arts etc;
Terms of Sale
Glenbower Books
Full refund will be given if customer is not satisfied. Payment accepted in Euro, Sterling and US dollars (cheque or money order or bank-to-bank transfer) or by Paypal. Orders in the €100 area and above will be sent by registered post (i.e. with tracking). Tracking on cheaper items, if desired, will cost an extra €8.00 - this is the postal service charge. Please let me know when ordering. As I am mailing from Ireland, international orders may take from five to more than 30 working days to arrive due to the current pandemic conditions. I do not control the international postal service and cannot guarantee delivery times.
About the Seller
Glenbower Books
Biblio member since 2006
Dublin, Dublin
About Glenbower Books
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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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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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