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The Fashionable Tell-Tale; Containing a Great Variety of Entertaining Anecdotes and Bons Mots, Expressive of the Characters of Persons of Rank, Distinguished for their Wit, Taste, or Humour
by anon; Garrick, David (introductory letter to the editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: H. Gardner, 1787. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary acid calf, light wear at the edges, spine cracked in the center and book a bit over opened but binding still sound. Identified as the Third Edition on the title, though it went through a few editions with slightly different titles since it was first published in 1754. 2 volumes bound as 1; 211pp; 210pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 045863.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045863
- Title
- The Fashionable Tell-Tale; Containing a Great Variety of Entertaining Anecdotes and Bons Mots, Expressive of the Characters of Persons of Rank, Distinguished for their Wit, Taste, or Humour
- Author
- anon; Garrick, David (introductory letter to the editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. Gardner
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1787
- Keywords
- Language & Linguistics; NOISBN
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
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