A Catalogue of the Burney Family Correspondence 1749-1878
by Hemlow, Joyce (author); Burgess, Jeanne M. (author); Douglas, Althea (author)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0871040379
- ISBN 13
- 9780871040374
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The New York Public Library, 1971. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; hardcover; bound in blue cloth, red label with gilt lettering; boards strong, very slight bowing of rear board, minor shelfwear, very minor rubbing on fore corners and spine edges, minor bumping on spine head edge; text block slightly aged toned, light soiling on half title page, minor folding in center of pages 154 through 162, light soiling on exterior edges; xxix, 458pp
NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #7. 1297038. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1297038
- Title
- A Catalogue of the Burney Family Correspondence 1749-1878
- Author
- Hemlow, Joyce (author); Burgess, Jeanne M. (author); Douglas, Althea (author)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0871040379
- ISBN 13
- 9780871040374
- Publisher
- The New York Public Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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