THE FABLES OF FLORA.
by LANGHORNE, DR.(JOHN)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Corner Wear./No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: B. Crosby and Company, 1804. Marbled boards, matching endpapers. Covers and spine rubbed. Title-page very foxed, with light to moderate foxing throughout the text. "A Life of the Author" by F. Blagdon is prefixed to the text. Water-staining at bottom edge of the first few pages. Engraved title vignettes and floral chapter ends by Stothard. Eleven fables in all followed by a two-page advertisement for the publisher. The first edition was marketed in 1771. 81pp.. Later Edition. 1/2 Brown Morocco. Corner Wear./No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000357
- Title
- THE FABLES OF FLORA.
- Author
- LANGHORNE, DR.(JOHN)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Corner Wear.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- B. Crosby and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804
- Keywords
- English Poetry, Binding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Marbled boards
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...