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THE ESSAYS OF ELIA
by Lamb, Charles; illustrations by Charles E. Brock; Intro by Augustine Birrell
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London / New York: J.M. Dent / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Leather. Very Good. 1911. A Very Good copy. 12mo., xxii, 294 pp., illustrated with plates and text drawings. Bound in hald calf and brown cloth over boards. Small loss at the spine's crown. Spine lettering starting to fade. Previous owner's gift inscription and book plate on the front end papers. Tight.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24553
- Title
- THE ESSAYS OF ELIA
- Author
- Lamb, Charles; illustrations by Charles E. Brock; Intro by Augustine Birrell
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent / Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- essays
Terms of Sale
Frey Fine Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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