The Fortunate Mistress: or, a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau afterwards call'd the Countess of Wintselsheim, being the Person known as Lady Roxana in the Time of Charles II. 775 COPIES WERE PRINTED; THIS COPY IN FULL MOROCCO
by DEFOE Daniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[Constable,, 1923]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and the original title-page reproduced in facsimile; handsomely bound in full brown crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. EDITION LIMITED TO 775 COPIES.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19221
- Title
- The Fortunate Mistress: or, a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau afterwards call'd the Countess of Wintselsheim, being the Person known as Lady Roxana in the Time of Charles II. 775 COPIES WERE PRINTED; THIS COPY IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- DEFOE Daniel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Constable,
- Date Published
- 1923]
- Keywords
- literature, defoe, daniel defoe, roxana
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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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...