Heads of the People: Or, Portraits of the English. [ Two-volume set ]
by Meadows, Kenny
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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CROTON-ON-HUDSON, New York, United States
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About This Item
Robert Tyas, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, bound in 3/4 leather, with gilt accents and titles on spine, gilt top page edges. Some scuffing and a few small stains to boards. Owner bookplate inside front panel of each volume. Toning. Occasional crease to corner of a few pages. Illustrated throughout both volumes. 8vo, 9"h x 5 3/4"w. Volume I, 400 printed pages; Volume II, 385 printed pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evolving Lens Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15506
- Title
- Heads of the People
- Author
- Meadows, Kenny
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Tyas
- Date Published
- 1841
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....