Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life
by Egerton, Daniel Thomas [Peter Quiz]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Sams, 1824. First edition. Modern Quarter Morocco. Marbled pastedown on boards. Title backstrip on spine. . Good. Oblong, 26.5 by 37.5 cm. Title with hand-colored aquatint followed by 12 hand-colored aquatint plates. Abbey Life 287. Tooley 203. Acerbic observations of common types in Regency Society. Condition: Title plate is heavily soiled. Plates afterward are sometimes rough around their edges, with heavy soiling -- finger smudging, grime, etc. -- and some short close tearing now repaired.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006553
- Title
- Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life
- Author
- Egerton, Daniel Thomas [Peter Quiz]
- Format/Binding
- Modern Quarter Morocco. Marbled pastedown on boards. Title backstrip on spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Sams
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...