Days with Sir Roger De Coverley - A Reprint from "The Spectator
by Addison, Joseph ; Steele, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued)
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. Third Edition. . Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3rd Ed, HC crown 8vo. This copy has apparently been rebound in blk/gold marbled boards w/ 1/2 blk leather at corners and raised spine, gilt titles, top edge gilt, marble endpapers. Near Fine/NDJ as issued. Worn crown, rubbed spine and corners; owner names front endpapers. Tight, square, titles still bright, leather in quite good shape, interior o/w unmarked. 158pp; profusely illustrated w/ charming and detailed engraved reproductions by Hugh Thomson, inc. tissue-guarded frontis. Scan available upon request.
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- Bookseller
- Basement Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3997
- Title
- Days with Sir Roger De Coverley - A Reprint from "The Spectator
- Author
- Addison, Joseph ; Steele, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION ENGLAND 19TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Basement Books
Biblio member since 2003
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Basement Books
BASEMENT BOOKS, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in hard-to-find non-fiction, Western Americana, History, and First Edition mysteries and literature.
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.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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....
- 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...
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