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FABLES
by GAY, JOHN
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Gentle Edge Wear./No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press, 1812. Covers with two sets of double-fillet gilt borders with corner rosettes. Between them a border of gilt grape leaves. Inner blind-stamped designs. Panelled spine with elaborate gilt designs. Inner dentelles, Old light purple endpapers. All edges gilt. Edges and joints just a bit scuffed, but firmly-bound. Verso of Contents page has a light smudge at top. Remainder of the book is quite crisp and clean. A total of 67 fables in two parts. Engraved head and tail piece vignettes. A charming, mellow volume. First edition was published in 1720. xx, 226pp. . Later Edition. Full Red Morocco. Gentle Edge Wear./No Jacket. 6 1/2" x 4".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013637
- Title
- FABLES
- Author
- GAY, JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Gentle Edge Wear.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1812
- Size
- 6 1/2" x 4"
- Keywords
- Poetry, English Literaturte, Chiswick Press, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
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
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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