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CHRYSAL: OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A GUINEA ... -- Four Volume Set Complete
by By an Adept (Johnstone, Charles)
- Used
- Condition
- very good, full calf (hardcover) light edgewear
- Seller
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Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for T. Becket. HC. very good, full calf (hardcover) light edgewear. ...Wherein are exhibited Views of several striking Scenes, with Curious and interesting Anecdotes, of the most Noted Persons in every Rank of Life, whose Hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal." First published in 1760, one of the bestselling novels of its day of the fantasy of a gold coin passing through the hands of various owners, the great, the vicious, and the foolish, narrating the faults and foibles of its spenders along the way. An exceptionally nice clean and tight uniformily bound set with raised bands, gilt stampings on spine and red and black spine labels. Volume I, Seventh Edition, 1771, 264pp; Volume II, Sixth Edition, 1768, 300pp; Volume III, Second Edition, 1767, 280pp; and, Volume IV, Second Edition, 1767, 277pp.
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- Bookseller
- Ray Boas, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS054132I
- Title
- CHRYSAL: OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A GUINEA ... -- Four Volume Set Complete
- Author
- By an Adept (Johnstone, Charles)
- Format/Binding
- HC
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, full calf (hardcover) light edgewear
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Becket
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Fill
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ray Boas, Bookseller
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Walpole, New Hampshire
About Ray Boas, Bookseller
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...