GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE as related in her Letters and Journals (3 vols)
by Cross, J.W. (ed) 04b
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG set. FAE. Very worn but clean half brown morocco.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper & Brothers.. VG set. FAE. Very worn but clean half brown morocco.. 1885. 1st Am ed. Hardcover. VG set. Tight. Top margins water stained, otherwise pristine inside. Identically marbled boards/eps/text block edges. . 8vo, about 300 pp each. 5 raised ribs with gilt decor and lettering. Title in 2nd panel, vol # in 4th. Other panels triple edge ruled with central geometric/floral design. Likely never actually read. Just moved around a lot, the likely source of the cover wear. Vol 1 front inner hinge reinforced, other inner hinges sound but all outer hinges with some splitting at top or bottom. All with Eliot frontis and 8, total, internal plates. An attractive set. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001051
- Title
- GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE as related in her Letters and Journals (3 vols)
- Author
- Cross, J.W. (ed) 04b
- Illustrator
- frontis & 8 plates.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG set. FAE. Very worn but clean half brown morocco.
- Edition
- 1st Am ed
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- VG set. Tight. Top margins water stained, otherwise pristine inside., Identically marbled boards/eps/text block edges., 12d
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.