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Grisly Grisell; or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn. A tale of the Wars of the Roses.
by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Gridley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A very good first edition in one volume. Blue cloth boards with gilt title-stamping. Shelf wear to head and tail of spine.Stain to front cover plus waterstain at base of book. Bookplate and missing label on front pastedown. Previous owner's signature from 1897 on first free endpaper. Book is cocked. 300 pp. plus catalogue [4pp.]. 5 x 8 inches tall.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 825
- Title
- Grisly Grisell; or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn. A tale of the Wars of the Roses.
- Author
- Charlotte M. Yonge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- women's history
- Bookseller catalogs
- History & Historiography;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
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