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HANDLEY CROSS or Mr Jorrocks's Hunt
by Surtees, Robert S 04d
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NEAR FINE 3/4 red morocco. TEG. Red linen boards. Marbled eps.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bradbury Agnew. NEAR FINE 3/4 red morocco. TEG. Red linen boards. Marbled eps.. ND c 1880. REPRINT.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE Zaehnsdorf binding. Hand colored tp & 17 full page hand colored engravings on heavy paper stock, no tissue guards. . Bound (& signed) by Zaehnsdorf in plain red morocco. No gilt other than author/title on spine. Spine w 5 raised ribs. Text block strictly FINE. Gilt top edge bright as new. 66 in text & 22 full page woodcuts. Cover w 2 very minor flaws: spine lightly sunned, 2 tips w spot of wear. No frontis, as issued. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001935
- Title
- HANDLEY CROSS or Mr Jorrocks's Hunt
- Author
- Surtees, Robert S 04d
- Illustrator
- Leech 18 hand colored illus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE 3/4 red morocco. TEG. Red linen boards. Marbled eps.
- Edition
- REPRINT.
- Publisher
- Bradbury Agnew
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- ND c 1880
- Keywords
- NEAR FINE Zaehnsdorf binding. Hand colored tp & 17 full page hand, colored engravings on heavy paper stock, no tissue guards., leech, colored, steel, zaehnsdorf, 04d
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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